BORDERS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC131487 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-25

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 34.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£8.85M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45112SIC 45112
45200SIC 45200

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.9y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 34.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £8,846,962

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8.8m

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£8.85M	£8.85M
Current assets	—	£8.85M
Debtors	£8.85M	£8.85M
Net assets	£8.85M	£8.85M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
2024-10-29
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PARK, Douglas Ireland resigned
director
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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BRYCE, Alexander Stewart resigned
director
2022-05-31
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officers · TM01
2022-05-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-09
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accounts · AA01
2022-03-07
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officers · TM01
2022-03-07
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officers · TM01
2022-03-07
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officers · TM01
2022-03-07
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officers · TM01
2022-03-07
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officers · TM02
2022-03-07
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officers · AP01
2022-03-07
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2022-03-07
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2022-03-07
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2022-03-07
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2022-03-01
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CUMMING, William appointed
director
2022-03-01
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HARE, Robert Brown appointed
director
2022-03-01
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MACKAY, Ian Barron appointed
director
2022-03-01
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NOBLE, Alasdair George appointed
director
2022-03-01
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PARK, Graeme Thomas appointed
director
2022-03-01
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PARK, Ross William appointed
director
2022-03-01
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MACLEAN, Patricia Agnes resigned
secretary
2022-03-01
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BRYCE, Alexander Stewart appointed
director
2022-03-01
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MACLEAN, Archibald Donald resigned
director
2022-03-01
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MACLEAN, Claire Allison, Dr resigned
director
2022-03-01
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MACLEAN, Patricia Agnes resigned
director
2022-03-01
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MACLEAN, Ross Alasdair resigned
director
2022-03-01
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PARK, Douglas Ireland appointed
director
2021-10-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2021-10-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-11-16
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MACLEAN, Claire Allison, Dr appointed
director
2011-11-16
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MACLEAN, Ross Alasdair appointed
director
2005-01-01
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MACLEAN, Archibald Donald resigned
secretary
2005-01-01
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MACLEAN, Patricia Agnes appointed
secretary
2004-05-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2004-05-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC
2001-12-31
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MACLEAN, Archibald Donald appointed
director
1998-03-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC
1991-05-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1991-04-25
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Company incorporated
As BORDERS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LIMITED
1991-04-25
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MACLEAN, Archibald Donald appointed
secretary
1991-04-25
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Park's Of Hamilton (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Park's Of Hamilton (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · board control

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BORDERS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC131487

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Park's Of Hamilton (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	01/03/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Archibald Donald Macleanceased 01/01/2017· 25-50% shares
Braemar Investments Limitedceased 01/03/2022· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1991-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Park House

14 Bothwell Road

Hamilton

ML3 0AY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-04

Last: 2025-04-20