1 ALBA CABS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC506330 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2024
Net worth
£-2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,350

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
£42k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-05-31
Total assets£61.8k
Current assets£42.2k
Net assets£-2.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-11
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-11
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  8. 2023-07-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-02-20
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    COULTER, Jane Anderson appointed
    director
  18. 2015-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 ALBA CABS LIMITED
  19. 2015-05-20
    ➕
    GRIGOR, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.
  • 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 John Grigor
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

9 Mossgiel Road
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA7 3DL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-28
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COULTER, Jane Anderson→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-02-20
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Active
GRIGOR, John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-05-20
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2026-01-11
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-08-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-23