CAR SAFE SCOTLAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC798456 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-09
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£159
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £159

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£159
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£159
Current assets£1.8k
Net assets£159

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-02-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAR SAFE SCOTLAND LTD
  4. 2024-02-09
    DI RESTA, Heather appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-09
    DI RESTA, Louis appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-09
    DI RESTA, Stefan Scott appointed
    director
  7. 2024-02-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Heather Di Resta
Individual · British · DOB 04/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/02/2024
Mr Louis Di Resta
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/02/2024
Mr Stefan Scott Di Resta
Individual · British · DOB 05/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Cowan & Partners 60 Constitution Street
Leith
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH6 6RR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DI RESTA, Heather
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-02-09
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Active
DI RESTA, Louis
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-02-09
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Active
DI RESTA, Stefan Scott
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-02-09
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-09