GOPAL MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC132600 · ltd · incorporated 1991-06-26
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 28.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 28.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.1 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: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £29,455
Cash YoY
+39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
↑ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£29kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£29.5k£29.4k
Current assets£25.8k£17.6k
Cash£20.0k£14.4k
Debtors£4.2k£1.7k
Net assets£29.5k£29.4k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2022-12-14
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  6. 2021-12-13
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  7. 2020-11-27
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  8. 2019-12-20
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  9. 2018-12-20
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  10. 2017-12-04
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  11. 2017-07-04
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  12. 2016-12-20
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  13. 2016-07-21
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  14. 1999-02-09
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    BHOPAL, Gopal Singh resigned
    director
  15. 1998-04-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Gopal Singh Bhopal and Others
  16. 1991-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As GOPAL MOTORS LIMITED
  17. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Harinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  18. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Balwant Singh appointed
    director
  19. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Gurbans Singh appointed
    director
  20. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Harinder Singh appointed
    director
  21. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Nirmal Singh appointed
    director
  22. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Ranbir Singh appointed
    director
  23. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1991-06-26
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    BHOPAL, Gopal Singh appointed
    director
  26. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1991-06-26
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harinder Singh Bhopal
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/06/2017

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
Incorporated1991-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

350 New Edinburgh Road
Bellshill
ML4 3HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

BHOPAL, Harinder Singh→
secretary · appointed 1991-06-26
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Active
BHOPAL, Balwant Singh→
director · ~73y · appointed 1991-06-26
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Active
BHOPAL, Gurbans Singh→
director · ~78y · appointed 1991-06-26
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Active
BHOPAL, Harinder Singh→
director · ~75y · appointed 1991-06-26
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Active
BHOPAL, Nirmal Singh→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-06-26
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Active
BHOPAL, Ranbir Singh→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-06-26
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Active
MABBOTT, Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-06-26 · resigned 1991-06-26
Resigned
BHOPAL, Gopal Singh→
director · ~99y · appointed 1991-06-26 · resigned 1999-02-09
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1991-06-26 · resigned 1991-06-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Gopal Singh Bhopal and Others
Standard security1 property08/04/1998—
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Recent filings (86 total)

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2025-11-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20