COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR CENTRE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC656601 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-06

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

12 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-04-19
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accounts · AA
2023-04-06
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accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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accounts · AA
2020-03-06
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Company incorporated
As COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR CENTRE LTD
2020-03-06
➕
FORSYTH, Jacqueline appointed
secretary
2020-03-06
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FORSYTH, Andrew appointed
director
2020-03-06
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FORSYTH, Jacqueline appointed
director
2020-03-06
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

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.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Forsyth Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/03/2020

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

Incorporated2020-03-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Station Yard

Sprouston Road

Kelso

TD5 8EU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FORSYTH, Jacqueline→

secretary · appointed 2020-03-06

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Active

FORSYTH, Andrew→

director · ~67y · appointed 2020-03-06

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Active

FORSYTH, Jacqueline→

director · ~63y · appointed 2020-03-06

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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-04-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-04-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-10-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-17

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2020-03-06