AUTOCARE (INVERNESS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC203216 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-21
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 22.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£178.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
86 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £178,057
Cash YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£136k
↑ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£178k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£250k
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£197.0k£160.9k
Current assets£249.6k£227.2k
Cash£135.6k£93.8k
Debtors£94.1k£106.0k
Net assets£178.1k£154.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-06-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-02-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2025-02-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-08
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Stewart appointed
    secretary
  18. 2016-03-08
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Samantha Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-07-24
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Stewart James appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-23
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2000-08-25
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Gavin Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2000-08-25
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Samantha Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-08-25
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-08-25
    ➖
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2000-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOCARE (INVERNESS) LIMITED
  26. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Group structure

Crestmount Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Crestmount Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AUTOCARE (INVERNESS) LIMITED
This company · SC203216

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Crestmount Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/08/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gavin Alexander Johnstonceased 01/08/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2000-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 3 15 Lotland Street
Inverness
Highland
IV1 1ST
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Stewart James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-07-24
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Active
JOHNSTON, Gavin Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTON, Samantha Jane→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-25 · resigned 2016-03-08
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-21 · resigned 2000-08-25
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-01-21 · resigned 2000-08-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property23/06/200303/06/2025

Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23