INVERNESS CAR AND RECOVERY LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC862823 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-15
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-03-02
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-02-28
    THOMSON, David resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INVERNESS CAR AND RECOVERY LIMITED
  6. 2025-09-15
    MURRAY, Darren Paul appointed
    director
  7. 2025-09-15
    THOMSON, David appointed
    director
  8. 2025-09-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Darren Paul Murray
Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/09/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Thomsonceased 28/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-09-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

J07 C/O Self Storage 4u
Cromwell Road
Inverness
IV1 1SX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MURRAY, Darren Paul
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-09-15
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Active
THOMSON, David
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-09-15 · resigned 2026-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-15