C RUSSELL STONE MERCHANTS (YORKS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06930455 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-11
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23700
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 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
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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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees221900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-03-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-03-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-07-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-07-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-05-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-05-13
    ➕
    JACKSON, Paul appointed
    director
  12. 2024-05-13
    ➖
    PRECIOUS, David Edwin resigned
    director
  13. 2024-05-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-02-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As C RUSSELL STONE MERCHANTS (YORKS) LIMITED
  21. 2009-06-11
    ➕
    REID, Mark Dennison appointed
    director
  22. 2009-06-11
    ➕
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-06-11
    ➖
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-06-11
    ➕
    PRECIOUS, David Edwin appointed
    director
  25. 2009-06-11
    ➕
    WING, Clifford Donald appointed
    director
  26. 2009-06-11
    ➖
    WING, Clifford Donald resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 70 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 17 years.
  • 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 Paul Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/07/2024
Mr Mark Dennison Reid
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • C Russell Holdings Limitedceased 22/07/2024· 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
Incorporated2009-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23700 — SIC 23700

Registered office

Ground Floor, Techno Centre
Station Road
Horsforth
Leeds
LS18 5BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JACKSON, Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Mark Dennison→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2009-06-11
Resigned
PRECIOUS, David Edwin→
director · ~86y · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2024-05-13
Resigned
WING, Clifford Donald→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2009-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21