G.W. DOUGLAS PROPERTY & GARAGE COMPANY LIMITED

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SC031202 · ltd · incorporated 1955-12-17

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 50.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.10M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 50.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 50.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,104,213

Net assets shrinking

Down £22,563 YoY

Cash YoY

+40%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£360k

↑ 40% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↓ 2.0% YoY

Current Assets

£365k

↑ 40% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.21M	£1.27M
Current assets	£364.6k	£259.7k
Cash	£359.8k	£256.1k
Debtors	£4.8k	£3.6k
Net assets	£1.10M	£1.13M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

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2012-08-26
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MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas appointed
secretary
2012-08-26
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MILLAR, Morag Elizabeth Douglas appointed
director
2012-08-11
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MILLAR, Mary Elliot resigned
secretary
2012-08-11
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MILLAR, Mary Elliot resigned
director
2006-07-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-10-10
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MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas appointed
director
2000-07-17
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MILLAR, Robert Douglas resigned
director
1993-03-28
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MILLAR, Mary Elliot resigned
director
1988-03-23
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MILLAR, Mary Elliot appointed
director
1975-09-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1955-12-17
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Company incorporated
As G.W. DOUGLAS PROPERTY & GARAGE COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Angus Douglas Millar Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Ms Morag Elizabeth Douglas Millar Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1955-12-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

2 The Temple

Lower Largo

Leven Fife

KY8 6JH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-11

Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas→

secretary · appointed 2012-08-26

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Active

MILLAR, Morag Elizabeth Douglas→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-08-26

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Active

MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-10

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Active

MILLAR, Mary Elliot→

secretary · resigned 2012-08-11

Resigned

MILLAR, Mary Elliot→

director · ~98y · appointed 1988-03-23 · resigned 2012-08-11

Resigned

MILLAR, Mary Elliot→

director · ~98y · resigned 1993-03-28

Resigned

MILLAR, Robert Douglas→

director · ~97y · resigned 2000-07-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	19/09/1975	12/07/2006