ABERBROTHOCK COACHWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC338491 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-27

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Average employees	2	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-25
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-25
📄
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-25
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-25
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-11
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2008-02-27
🏢
Company incorporated
As ABERBROTHOCK COACHWORKS LIMITED
2008-02-27
➕
SMART, Donna appointed
secretary
2008-02-27
➕
SMART, Donna appointed
director
2008-02-27
➕
SMART, Stephen Atholl appointed
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 66 — 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 66. 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 18 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Atholl Smart Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/02/2017
Mrs Donna Smart Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/02/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Automotive · DD postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A.M AUTOSPRAY LTD→ SC734143 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
CARNOUSTIE TYRES & MOT'S LIMITED→ SC546424 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
D. & A. FACTORS (DUNDEE) LIMITED→ SC065706 · est 1978 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	47y	—	—
DUTHIE & SON, LIMITED→ SC025302 · est 1947 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	78y	—	—
EMILY LOGISTICS LTD→ SC667067 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
EMOTORZ LTD→ SC727192 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
FIFE ENGINE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC407406 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
FORT STREET MOTORS LTD→ SC365396 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	—	—
FSM AUTO SERVICES LTD→ SC823410 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
G A MOTORS DUNDEE LIMITED→ SC689135 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
G KIDD MOTORS LIMITED→ SC582428 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
G M VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC583389 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒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.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-02-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Aberbrothock Coachworks

John Street West

Arbroath

Angus

DD11 1XA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-26

Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SMART, Donna→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SMART, Donna→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-02-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SMART, Stephen Atholl→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-02-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.