ANGUS CLINTON (MOTORS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC050499 · ltd · incorporated 1972-05-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 52.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£583.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 52.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 52.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £583,460
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£397k
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£583k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£642k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£128k£257k£385k£514k£642kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£583.5k£580.2k
Current assets£642.0k£612.9k
Cash£397.0k£287.3k
Debtors£49.2k£121.9k
Net assets£583.5k£580.2k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-06-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-10
    ➖
    NICOLSON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2023-07-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-07
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    CLINTON, Donald John appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-12
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    change-corporate-secretary-company
    officers · CH04
  16. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2017-02-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2010-12-06
    ➖
    CLINTON, Christine resigned
    director
  21. 2006-02-14
    ➖
    CLINTON, Angus Mackenzie resigned
    director
  22. 2005-12-22
    ➕
    NICOLSON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-12-21
    ➖
    CLINTON, Angus Mackenzie resigned
    secretary
  24. 1978-10-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1977-03-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds & Scottish Trust LTD
  26. 1973-09-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1972-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGUS CLINTON (MOTORS) LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLINTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLINTON, Donald John (same surname) appointed 2022-03-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Dr Michael Clinton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alexander Clintonceased 31/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Angus Clintonceased 01/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1972-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

The Garage
Sandwick Road
Stornoway
HS1 2SL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CLINTON, Alexander→
director · ~72y
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Active
CLINTON, Angus→
director · ~73y
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Active
CLINTON, Donald John→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-03-07
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Active
CLINTON, Michael, Dr→
director · ~70y
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Active
CLINTON, Angus Mackenzie→
secretary · resigned 2005-12-21
Resigned
NICOLSON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-22 · resigned 2023-07-10
Resigned
CLINTON, Angus Mackenzie→
director · ~96y · resigned 2006-02-14
Resigned
CLINTON, Christine→
director · ~69y · resigned 2010-12-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property18/10/1978—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds & Scottish Trust LTD
Charge on monies1 property18/03/197722/02/2017
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property12/09/1973—
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Recent filings (116 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14