ROBSON URWIN & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01106530 · ltd · incorporated 1973-04-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 52.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 52.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 52.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-01-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-10-30
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    FRANKLIN, Helen Newnham resigned
    director
  9. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-20
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    URWIN, Mary resigned
    director
  14. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2010-05-12
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    COWAN, Frances appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-05-12
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    BROWN, Richard Mclaren appointed
    director
  22. 2010-05-12
    ➖
    URWIN, Mary resigned
    secretary
  23. 2010-05-12
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    URWIN, Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2009-03-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2009-01-13
    ➖
    URWIN, James Robson resigned
    director
  26. 1994-01-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1994-01-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 1973-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited
  29. 1973-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ROBSON URWIN & CO. LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Mclaren Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
50–75%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Anne Brown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Helen Newnham Franklinceased 30/10/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Helen Newnham Frankinceased 01/01/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

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

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

COWAN, Frances→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-12
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Active
BROWN, Anne→
director · ~79y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Richard Mclaren→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-05-12
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Active
URWIN, Mary→
secretary · resigned 2010-05-12
Resigned
FRANKLIN, Helen Newnham→
director · ~77y · resigned 2024-10-30
Resigned
URWIN, James Robson→
director · ~103y · resigned 2009-01-13
Resigned
URWIN, Mary→
director · ~102y · appointed 2010-05-12 · resigned 2021-10-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property10/03/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property17/01/1994—
satisfied
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited
Collateral legal charge2 properties01/08/197308/01/1994
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Recent filings (111 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27