ANGUS TYRES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC364816 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-01
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 16.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
45 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.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 35 | 3400 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-01➕ANNANDALE, Rebecca Helen appointeddirector
- 2025-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-01➕ANNANDALE, Max James William appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-07-28🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank Scotland PLC
- 2011-05-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-12-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-09-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGUS TYRES LIMITED
- 2009-09-01➕ANNANDALE, Ann Isobel appointedsecretary
- 2009-09-01➕ANNANDALE, Ann Isobel appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➕ANNANDALE, Graeme Johnstone appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➕ANNANDALE, William Gove appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
33/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ANNANDALE, Max James William (same surname) appointed 2025-03-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Graeme Johnstone Annandale Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1967 · age 59 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 01/09/2016 |
Mrs Ann Isobel Annandale Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/09/2016 |
Mr William Gove Annandale Individual · British · DOB 03/1940 · age 86 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
6 Hill Place
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 1AF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01
Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)
ANNANDALE, Ann Isobel→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-09-01
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ANNANDALE, Ann Isobel→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-09-01
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ANNANDALE, Graeme Johnstone→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-09-01
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ANNANDALE, Max James William→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2025-03-01
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ANNANDALE, Rebecca Helen→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2025-10-01
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ANNANDALE, William Gove→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2009-09-01
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Bank Scotland Bank Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 28/07/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 02/05/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 16/12/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-09