BELL CARS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC307798 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-31
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
59 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£1£1£2£2£3Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Net assets£3£3

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-11-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-04-03
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    GRIER, Mark appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-04-03
    ➕
    GRIER, James Gary appointed
    director
  18. 2008-04-03
    ➕
    GRIER, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-03
    ➖
    SHARKEY, Derek resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-03
    ➖
    DOYLE, John Gerald resigned
    director
  21. 2008-04-03
    ➖
    SHARKEY, Derek resigned
    director
  22. 2006-08-31
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    Company incorporated
    As BELL CARS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  23. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Derek appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-08-31
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    DOYLE, John Gerald appointed
    director
  27. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Derek appointed
    director
  28. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2006-08-31
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Group structure

Maxis Taxis (Scotland) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Maxis Taxis (Scotland) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BELL CARS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC307798

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maxis Taxis (Scotland) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 6b Netherdale Road
Netherdale Road Industrial Estate
Wishaw
ML2 0ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GRIER, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIER, James Gary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIER, Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARKEY, Derek→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2008-04-03
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2006-08-31
Resigned
DOYLE, John Gerald→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2008-04-03
Resigned
SHARKEY, Derek→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2008-04-03
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2006-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-10