DAVID GRAHAM VEHICLE REPAIRS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC254141 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£228.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 14.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 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
52 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 £228,501

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£229k
Current Assets
£189k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£258.4k
Current assets£189.4k
Net assets£228.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-31
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  3. 2024-07-31
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  4. 2023-07-31
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  5. 2022-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-07-29
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  9. 2019-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-11-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2003-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVID GRAHAM VEHICLE REPAIRS LIMITED
  18. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Margaret April appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    GRAHAM, David Gillespie appointed
    director
  20. 2003-08-12
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    GRAHAM, Margaret April appointed
    director
  21. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-08-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRAHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 66. 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
Mrs Margaret April Graham
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr David Gillespie Graham
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

64 Union Road
Camelon
Falkirk
FK1 4PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GRAHAM, Margaret April→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active
GRAHAM, David Gillespie→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active
GRAHAM, Margaret April→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-12 · resigned 2003-08-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property27/11/2011—
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Recent filings (52 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-24