MORRISON MOTORS (TURRIFF) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC125713 · ltd · incorporated 1990-06-21
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 35.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 35.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (57/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-20📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2025-02-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1990-07-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1990-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs MORRISON MOTORS (TURRIFF) LIMITED
- 1990-06-21➕MORRISON, Edwin John appointedsecretary
- 1990-06-21➕MORRISON, Brian Charles appointeddirector
- 1990-06-21➕MORRISON, Edwin John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MORRISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian Charles Morrison Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Edwin John Morrison Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-06-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
C/O Johnston Carmichael Axis Business Centre
Thainstone Business Centre
Inverurie
AB51 5TB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MORRISON, Edwin John→
Activesecretary · appointed 1990-06-21
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MORRISON, Brian Charles→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 1990-06-21
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MORRISON, Edwin John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1990-06-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 13/07/1990 | — |
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Recent filings (89 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17