CAR CARE (MOTOR ENGINEERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC209150 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.23M
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
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 · oldest 14.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,227,982
Cash YoY
+31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£525k
↑ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£660k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£446k£891k£1.3m£1.8m£2.2mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.47M£2.32M
Current assets£659.7k£525.6k
Cash£525.1k£402.0k
Debtors£19.6k£14.6k
Net assets£2.23M£2.08M

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

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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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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  2. 2025-09-02
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  3. 2025-09-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  4. 2024-12-12
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  5. 2023-11-15
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  6. 2022-11-23
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  7. 2021-11-24
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  8. 2020-11-18
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  9. 2019-11-19
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  10. 2019-01-14
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  11. 2017-12-05
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  12. 2016-11-07
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  13. 2016-10-27
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  14. 2016-10-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2015-11-20
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  16. 2015-07-22
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  17. 2014-12-04
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  18. 2012-08-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2012-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2007-10-16
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    DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-16
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    DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-17
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    BISSET, John Robinson resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CAR CARE (MOTOR ENGINEERS) LIMITED
  24. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    BROWN, Donald Bruce appointed
    director
  25. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    BISSET, John Robinson appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-07-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 76 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald Bruce Johnston Brown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

70 Spiersbridge Road
Thornliebank
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G46 7SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-16
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Active
BROWN, Donald Bruce→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-07-14
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Active
DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-10-16
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Active
BISSET, John Robinson→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2007-07-17
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2000-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property01/09/2025—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/08/201227/10/2016
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property01/08/2012—
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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-21
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mortgage · MR01
2025-09-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
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accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
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accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
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accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-25