BALMORAL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC240844 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-09
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£307.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £307,625

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£308k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£377k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£75k£151k£226k£301k£377kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£307.6k£231.4k
Current assets£376.7k£282.4k
Net assets£307.6k£231.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-03
    ➖
    KELLY, Michael O'Neill resigned
    secretary
  8. 2020-07-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-08-24
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    KELLY, Michael O'Neill appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-01-01
    ➖
    KELLY, Irene resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-01-01
    ➖
    KELLY, Irene resigned
    director
  20. 2002-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BALMORAL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    KELLY, Patrick appointed
    director
  22. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    KELLY, Irene appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-12-09
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    KELLY, Irene appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael O'Neill Kelly
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Patrick Kelly
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

56 Easthouses Road
Easthouses
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 4EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

KELLY, Patrick→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELLY, Irene→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2004-01-01
Resigned
KELLY, Michael O'Neill→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-24 · resigned 2020-07-03
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2002-12-09
Resigned
KELLY, Irene→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2004-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-09