ROBESLEE CONCRETE COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC044437 · ltd · incorporated 1967-03-21
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 46.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 46.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 46.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (57/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
95 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-04-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-04-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2017-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1999-01-28➕BLACK, Steven Lloyd appointeddirector
- 1991-01-01➕BLACK, Sylvia appointeddirector
- 1983-05-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Co-Operative Bank Limited
- 1979-11-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Co-Operative Bank Limited
- 1979-11-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Co-Operative Bank Limited
- 1967-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ROBESLEE CONCRETE COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Arnold Shields Black Individual · British · DOB 06/1938 · age 88 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1967-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Robeslee Concrete Co Ltd Southbank Road
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
G66 1UB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
BLACK, Steven Lloyd→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1999-01-28
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BLACK, Sylvia→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 1991-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Co-operative Bank Co-Operative Bank Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 30/05/1983 | 05/04/2017 | |
| satisfied | Co-operative Bank Co-Operative Bank Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 12/11/1979 | 05/04/2017 | |
| satisfied | Co-operative Bank Co-Operative Bank Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 05/11/1979 | 05/04/2017 |
Recent filings (95 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-12