CARJOY UK LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC574159 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-21

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£4.44M

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,442,243

Cash YoY

+203%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.5m

↑ 203% YoY

Net Worth

£4.4m

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£1.51M	£498.4k
Net assets	£4.44M	£3.59M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-13
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MCDONALD, Lewis appointed
director
2025-11-13
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MCDONALD, Matthew Kevin appointed
director
2025-11-13
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MCDONALD, Wallace Hamish appointed
director
2025-11-13
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officers · AP01
2025-11-13
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officers · AP01
2025-11-13
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officers · AP01
2025-09-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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MCDONALD, Callum Ross resigned
director
2022-07-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-14
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officers · TM01
2021-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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MCDONALD, Cameron George appointed
director
2021-11-30
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officers · AP01
2020-12-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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MCDONALD, Hamish Maclennan resigned
director
2019-05-24
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MCDONALD, Kyle William resigned
director
2019-05-23
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MCDONALD, Callum Ross appointed
director
2018-05-10
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MCDONALD, Kevin resigned
director
2017-08-21
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Company incorporated
As CARJOY UK LIMITED
2017-08-21
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HM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2017-08-21
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MCDONALD, Hamish Maclennan appointed
director
2017-08-21
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MCDONALD, Kevin appointed
director
2017-08-21
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MCDONALD, Kyle William appointed
director

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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 Lewis Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 07/2000 · age 26	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/11/2025
Mr Matthew Kevin Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 08/1995 · age 31	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/11/2025

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Cameron George Mcdonaldceased 13/11/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr Callum Ross Mcdonaldceased 14/07/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr Kyle William Mcdonaldceased 23/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Hamish Maclennan Mcdonaldceased 23/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Kevin Mcdonaldceased 10/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2017-08-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Craibstone Business Park

Bucksburn

Aberdeen

AB21 9TN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-03

Last: 2025-08-20