ANGUS LAMBIE MOTOR ENGINEERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC264274 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-02
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 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.8 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
0
filings
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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-12➕PAUL, Sean appointeddirector
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-10📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-03-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-10➖LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor resignedsecretary
- 2020-04-10➖LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor resigneddirector
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2004-06-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGUS LAMBIE MOTOR ENGINEERS LIMITED
- 2004-03-02➕LAMBIE, Angus James appointeddirector
- 2004-03-02➕LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor appointedsecretary
- 2004-03-02➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-03-02➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-03-02➕LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAMBIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Angus James Lambie Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Elizabeth Lambieceased 10/04/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities
Registered office
Arran Accountants Alexanders
Brodick
Isle Of Arran
North Ayrshire
KA27 8AJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
LAMBIE, Angus James→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2004-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2020-04-10
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2004-03-02
LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2020-04-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 16/06/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-31