EARTHMOVER TYRES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC197178 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 26.6y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2014-05-06➖HARRIS, Jack resignedsecretary
- 2006-09-01➖DEWAR, Margaret Purdie resignedsecretary
- 2006-09-01➕HARRIS, Jack appointedsecretary
- 1999-09-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rdm Factors Limited
- 1999-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs EARTHMOVER TYRES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
- 1999-06-11➕DEWAR, William appointeddirector
- 1999-06-11➕DEWAR, Margaret Purdie appointedsecretary
- 1999-06-11➕PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-06-11➖PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-06-11➕PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-06-11➖PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr William Dewar Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/06/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Margaret Purdie Dewarceased 04/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22110 — SIC 22110
Registered office
Findlays
11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
DEWAR, William→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 1999-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEWAR, Margaret Purdie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-06-11 · resigned 2006-09-01
HARRIS, Jack→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2014-05-06
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-11 · resigned 1999-06-11
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-11 · resigned 1999-06-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Rdm Factors Rdm Factors Limited | Floating charge | 2 properties | 13/09/1999 | 18/09/2014 |
Recent filings (79 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18