KAIM PARK GARAGE LTD.

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SC262902 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£2.66M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.2y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £2,659,477
Cash draining
Cash down 40% YoY
Cash YoY
-40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£666k
↓ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£3.1m
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£622k£1.2m£1.9m£2.5m£3.1mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2.67M£2.51M
Current assets£3.11M£3.04M
Cash£666.0k£1.11M
Debtors£158.1k£36.7k
Net assets£2.66M£2.49M

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

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1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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  2. 2024-10-25
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  3. 2023-06-21
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  4. 2022-11-21
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  6. 2022-02-18
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  7. 2022-02-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2022-01-31
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  9. 2022-01-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  10. 2021-11-17
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  11. 2020-12-08
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  12. 2019-10-31
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  13. 2018-12-07
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  14. 2017-08-23
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  15. 2016-08-12
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  16. 2016-02-04
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  17. 2007-11-01
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    IRELAND, James Mcburnie Thomson appointed
    director
  18. 2004-03-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  19. 2004-02-04
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    Company incorporated
    As KAIM PARK GARAGE LTD.
  20. 2004-02-04
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    NICOL, Margaret Esson Mackenzie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-02-04
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    HEPWORTH, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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  23. 2004-02-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  24. 2004-02-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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  25. 2004-02-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Hepworth
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/02/2017

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
Incorporated2004-02-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

17a Edinburgh Road
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 1EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

NICOL, Margaret Esson Mackenzie→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-04
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Active
HEPWORTH, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-02-04
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Active
IRELAND, James Mcburnie Thomson→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-11-01
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-04 · resigned 2004-02-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-04 · resigned 2004-02-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—24/01/2022—
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/03/200418/02/2022
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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
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2025-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
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accounts · AA
2024-10-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
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accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
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officers · CH01
2022-03-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
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mortgage · MR04
2022-02-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
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mortgage · MR01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05