R.TILE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00695960 · ltd · incorporated 1961-06-19
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-25
    TILE, Pamela Elizabeth resigned
    director
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-04-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-04-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-01-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-27
    TILE, Robert James Railstone resigned
    director
  17. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2012-12-10
    TILE, Louise Therese appointed
    director
  20. 2012-12-10
    TILE, Pamela Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2006-01-01
    TILE, Pamela Elizabeth resigned
    director
  22. 1999-01-01
    TILE, Louise Therese appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-01-01
    TILE, Pamela Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-12-01
    TILE, Matthew John appointed
    director
  25. 1961-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As R.TILE LIMITED

Owner dependency

99/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TILE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Louise Therese Tile
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/03/2021
Mr Matthew John Tile
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • R J & P E Tile Discretionary Trustceased 30/08/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest

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
Incorporated1961-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

TILE, Louise Therese
secretary · appointed 1999-01-01
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Active
TILE, Louise Therese
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-12-10
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Active
TILE, Matthew John
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-12-01
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Active
TILE, Pamela Elizabeth
secretary · resigned 1999-01-01
Resigned
TILE, Pamela Elizabeth
director · ~95y · appointed 2012-12-10 · resigned 2025-05-25
Resigned
TILE, Pamela Elizabeth
director · ~95y · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
TILE, Robert James Railstone
director · ~96y · resigned 2018-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28