R. & D. TUCK THATCHING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04464602 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-19
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-07-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As R. & D. TUCK THATCHING LTD.
  18. 2002-06-19
    TUCK, Kay Kenway appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-06-19
    TUCK, Lisa Margaret appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-06-19
    TUCK, Darren Mark appointed
    director
  21. 2002-06-19
    TUCK, Richard Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2002-06-19
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-19
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-06-19
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-06-19
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 "TUCK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr Richard Anthony Tuck
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/07/2024
Darren Mark Tuck
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Kay Kenway Tuckceased 18/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Richard Anthony Tuckceased 02/07/2024· 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
Incorporated2002-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

Brackenhurst
West Road
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

TUCK, Kay Kenway
secretary · appointed 2002-06-19
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Active
TUCK, Lisa Margaret
secretary · appointed 2002-06-19
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Active
TUCK, Darren Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-06-19
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Active
TUCK, Richard Anthony
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-06-19
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Active
CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-06-19
Resigned
CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29