MT AUTOS LOSSIE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC487475 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-25
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£50.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £50,105
Net assets shrinking
Down £29 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£24k£37k£49k£61kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£53.9k£59.1k
Current assets£61.1k£58.8k
Cash£36.8k£43.1k
Debtors£2.9k£5.9k
Net assets£50.1k£50.1k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-10
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  3. 2024-06-12
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  4. 2023-06-28
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  5. 2022-06-27
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-06-22
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    SMITH, Trevor appointed
    director
  7. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-11
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  9. 2020-03-30
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  10. 2019-05-21
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  11. 2018-06-15
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  12. 2017-05-02
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  13. 2016-04-14
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  14. 2015-09-29
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  15. 2014-10-06
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  16. 2014-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As MT AUTOS LOSSIE LTD
  17. 2014-09-25
    ➕
    SMITH, Burnett appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-25
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    TAYLOR, Mark John appointed
    director
  19. 2014-09-25
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Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark John Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

27 Golf Crescent
Hopeman
Elgin
Morayshire
IV30 5TL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Burnett→
director · ~85y · appointed 2014-09-25
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SMITH, Trevor→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-06-22
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TAYLOR, Mark John→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-09-25
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

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2026-01-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04