GRANT MILLER VEHICLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC266620 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-19

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 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£382.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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 19.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.9 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £382,721

Cash YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£123k

↓ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£383k

↑ 6.7% YoY

Current Assets

£415k

↓ 5.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£395.2k	£380.4k
Current assets	£414.6k	£439.8k
Cash	£122.5k	£141.3k
Debtors	£39.5k	£5.6k
Net assets	£382.7k	£358.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-05-01
➕
MILLER, Barbara appointed
secretary
2004-05-01
➕
MILLER, Barbara appointed
director
2004-05-01
➕
MILLER, Barry Michael appointed
director
2004-05-01
➕
MILLER, James Grant appointed
director
2004-05-01
➖
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-01
➖
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-19
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Company incorporated
As GRANT MILLER VEHICLES LIMITED
2004-04-19
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-19
➕
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MILLER" — 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 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Grant Miller Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016
Mrs Barbara Miller Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016
Mr Barry Michael Miller Individual · British · DOB 01/1986 · age 40	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2004-04-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

22 Lesmahagow Road, Boghead

Lesmahagow

Lanarkshire

ML11 0JA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MILLER, Barbara→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-01

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MILLER, Barbara→

director · ~72y · appointed 2004-05-01

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MILLER, Barry Michael→

director · ~40y · appointed 2004-05-01

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Active

MILLER, James Grant→

director · ~72y · appointed 2004-05-01

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-19 · resigned 2004-05-01

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-19 · resigned 2004-05-01

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	28/06/2006	—

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