CARMASTERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC247373 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,456

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£103k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£27k£54k£81k£108k£134kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£45.5k£59.3k
Current assets£102.7k£134.4k
Net assets£29.5k£29.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-06
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-03-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-11-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-07-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-06-15
    ➖
    TAMBURRINI, Guido Giovanni resigned
    director
  17. 2018-01-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2007-02-01
    ➕
    PATERSON, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-06
    ➕
    PATERSON, Janette appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-06
    ➕
    PATERSON, Janette appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-06
    ➕
    TAMBURRINI, Guido Giovanni appointed
    director
  23. 2003-05-06
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-04-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARMASTERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  25. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 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 Kenneth Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting20/10/2016
Mrs Janette Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/06/2018

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
Incorporated2003-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

2nd Floor (East) Belgrave Court
Rosehall Road
Bellshill
North Lanarkshire
ML4 3NR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

PATERSON, Janette→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATERSON, Janette→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATERSON, Kenneth→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2003-05-06
Resigned
TAMBURRINI, Guido Giovanni→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-05-06 · resigned 2018-06-15
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2003-05-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09