MAXWELL MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC257385 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-09

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 22.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.15M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45112SIC 45112
45200SIC 45200

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £3,145,013

Cash YoY

+10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.9m

↑ 10.0% YoY

Net Worth

£3.1m

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£3.2m

↓ 2.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£3.22M	£2.87M
Current assets	£3.15M	£3.22M
Cash	£1.90M	£1.72M
Debtors	£275.4k	£237.8k
Net assets	£3.15M	£2.81M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-05-23
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2024-04-18
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2023-05-04
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2022-03-03
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2021-05-14
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2020-06-12
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2019-07-01
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2018-05-03
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2017-08-18
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accounts · AA
2016-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-10-21
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-25
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annual-return · AR01
2004-01-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-10-09
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Company incorporated
As MAXWELL MOTORS LIMITED
2003-10-09
➕
ANGUS, Cameron Andrew appointed
secretary
2003-10-09
➕
ANGUS, Calum Douglas appointed
director
2003-10-09
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ANGUS, Cameron Andrew appointed
director
2003-10-09
➕
ANGUS, Malcolm Douglas appointed
director
2003-10-09
➕
ANGUS, Mary Stewart appointed
director
2003-10-09
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-10-09
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-10-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

C/O Rennie Welch, Academy House

Shedden Park Road

Kelso

TD5 7AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

ANGUS, Cameron Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2003-10-09

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Active

ANGUS, Calum Douglas→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-10-09

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Active

ANGUS, Cameron Andrew→

director · ~56y · appointed 2003-10-09

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Active

ANGUS, Malcolm Douglas→

director · ~89y · appointed 2003-10-09

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Active

ANGUS, Mary Stewart→

director · ~89y · appointed 2003-10-09

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-09 · resigned 2003-10-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	01/01/2004	—

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