GLENEAGLE MOTORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC260517 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-09
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£89.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £89,142
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£125k
Net Worth
£89k
Current Assets
£135k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £89.1k |
| Current assets | £135.0k |
| Cash | £125.1k |
| Debtors | £3.8k |
| Net assets | £89.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-12-10➕ARNOTT, Christopher William appointeddirector
- 2003-12-09🏢Company incorporatedAs GLENEAGLE MOTORS LIMITED
- 2003-12-09➕ARNOTT, Janet appointedsecretary
- 2003-12-09➕ARNOTT, Tom appointeddirector
- 2003-12-09➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-12-09➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher William Arnott Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/03/2017 |
Janet Arnott Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Tom Arnott Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-12-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
14-16 Grieve Street
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 8DN
United Kingdom
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 (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
ARNOTT, Christopher William→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2010-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-09 · resigned 2003-12-09
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Recent filings (70 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-18