ROBERT S TURNBULL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC119426 · ltd · incorporated 1989-08-09
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 25.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 25.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
100 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-11-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-08-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-08-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-08-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2005-04-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2000-08-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1995-11-27➕WARNOCK, Alison Mary, Dr appointedsecretary
- 1995-11-27➖BISHOP & ROBERTSON CHALMERS resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1993-06-03➕WARNOCK, Alison Mary, Dr appointeddirector
- 1993-06-03➖MILLAR, James Allan resignednominee-director
- 1991-01-07➕WARNOCK, James Archibald Kirkland appointeddirector
- 1991-01-07➖CAMERON, John Roderick Hector resigneddirector
- 1989-08-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ROBERT S TURNBULL LIMITED
- 1989-08-09➕BISHOP & ROBERTSON CHALMERS appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1989-08-09➕CAMERON, John Roderick Hector appointeddirector
- 1989-08-09➕MILLAR, James Allan appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Alison Kirkland Romanenko Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 31/07/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr James Archibald Kirkland Warnockceased 31/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Dr Alison Mary Warnockceased 31/07/2019· 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Woodcote
168 Woodhall Road
Edinburgh
EH13 0PJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
WARNOCK, Alison Mary, Dr→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARNOCK, Alison Mary, Dr→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 1993-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARNOCK, James Archibald Kirkland→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1991-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BISHOP & ROBERTSON CHALMERS→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1989-08-09 · resigned 1995-11-27
CAMERON, John Roderick Hector→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 1989-08-09 · resigned 1991-01-07
MILLAR, James Allan→
Resignednominee-director · ~77y · appointed 1989-08-09 · resigned 1993-06-03
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 11/04/2005 | 01/08/2017 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 18/08/2000 | 01/08/2017 |
Recent filings (100 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-20