AUTOSCOT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC081848 · ltd · incorporated 1983-02-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£228.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 38.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £228,014
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£214k
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£228k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£285k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £233.3k | £209.0k |
| Current assets | £285.0k | £269.3k |
| Cash | £214.1k | £180.2k |
| Debtors | £52.9k | £70.4k |
| Net assets | £228.0k | £203.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-28📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-03-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-08-24📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-08-22➖MACFALL, Mary resignedsecretary
- 2022-08-22➖MACFALL, John resigneddirector
- 2022-08-12📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-01➕FERRY, Anthony Peter appointeddirector
- 2014-03-17➕MACFALL, John appointeddirector
- 2013-07-21➖MACFALL, John Nicholson resigneddirector
- 2004-12-30➕MACFALL, John Nicholson appointeddirector
- 2004-02-01➖MACFALL, Mary resigneddirector
- 2002-03-30➕MACFALL, Mary appointeddirector
- 1999-10-14➕MACFALL, Mary appointedsecretary
- 1999-10-14➖MCFALL, John resignedsecretary
- 1999-10-14➖MCFALL, John resigneddirector
- 1987-06-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1983-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOSCOT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
81/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Nicola Clare Steel Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/03/2025 |
Anthony Peter Ferry Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310
Registered office
30 Abercorn Street
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 4BE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
FERRY, Anthony Peter→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2014-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACFALL, Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 2022-08-22
MCFALL, John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-10-14
MACFALL, John→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2014-03-17 · resigned 2022-08-22
MACFALL, John Nicholson→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-30 · resigned 2013-07-21
MACFALL, Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2002-03-30 · resigned 2004-02-01
MCFALL, John→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 1999-10-14
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/06/1987 | 27/08/2024 |
Recent filings (113 total)
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-01