FERRYMILL MOTORS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC643332 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-02

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2023

Net worth

£102.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £102,029

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£12k

Net Worth

£102k

Current Assets

£860k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-10-31
Total assets	£495.2k
Current assets	£859.9k
Cash	£12.4k
Debtors	£828.4k
Net assets	£102.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
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accounts · AA
2023-06-13
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mortgage · MR01
2023-06-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
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officers · AP01
2021-02-16
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officers · AP01
2021-02-16
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officers · AP01
2020-11-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-30
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officers · CH01
2020-04-21
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officers · AP01
2020-04-21
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officers · AP01
2020-04-21
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officers · AP01
2020-04-20
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MCCAHILL, Colum David appointed
director
2020-04-20
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MCCAHILL, Graeme Sinclair appointed
director
2020-04-20
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MCCAHILL, Stephen John appointed
director
2020-04-20
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SCULLION, William Charles appointed
director
2019-10-02
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Company incorporated
As FERRYMILL MOTORS LTD
2019-10-02
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MCCAHILL, Alan Mark appointed
director
2019-10-02
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MCCAHILL, Kieran Edward appointed
director
2019-10-02
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MCCAHILL, Mark Allan appointed
director
2019-10-02
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kieran Edward Mccahill Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/10/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-10-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Ferrymill Motors Campsie Road

Torrance

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G64 4BP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-02

Last: 2025-11-18