RIVERSIDE BUILDERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC154835 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-09
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (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, 2 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,958
Cash YoY
+497%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 497% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 158% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£8.0k£4.3k
Current assets£10.1k£3.9k
Cash£6.0k£1.0k
Debtors£4.0k—
Net assets£8.0k£4.3k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2023-11-09
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  4. 2022-11-07
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  5. 2021-12-09
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  6. 2021-01-06
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  7. 2019-11-04
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  8. 2018-10-03
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  9. 2017-10-04
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  10. 2016-10-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-11
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  12. 2015-10-29
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  13. 2014-12-12
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  14. 2014-11-07
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  15. 2013-12-10
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  16. 1994-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As RIVERSIDE BUILDERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  17. 1994-12-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Nigel Preston appointed
    secretary
  18. 1994-12-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Jeanette Susan appointed
    director
  19. 1994-12-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Nigel Preston appointed
    director
  20. 1994-12-09
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
    secretary
  21. 1994-12-09
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
    secretary
  22. 1994-12-09
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 1994-12-09
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    nominee-director

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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 Nigel Preston Miller
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jeanette Susan Miller
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-12-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Riverside
Abhainn Cottages
Duror
Argyll
PA38 4BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MILLER, Nigel Preston→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-09
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Active
MILLER, Jeanette Susan→
director · ~58y · appointed 1994-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Nigel Preston→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Kevin Michael→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-09 · resigned 1994-12-09
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1994-12-09 · resigned 1994-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-11