ROCKLUG TYRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC155414 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-18
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
81 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£38£77£115£154£192Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Cash—£192

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2018-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-12-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2018-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-10-11
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    REDPATH, Peter James resigned
    director
  17. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    REDPATH, Graham appointed
    director
  18. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    REDPATH, James Neil appointed
    director
  19. 1995-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ROCKLUG TYRES LIMITED
  20. 1995-01-18
    ➕
    REDPATH, Agnes appointed
    secretary
  21. 1995-01-18
    ➕
    REDPATH, Agnes appointed
    director
  22. 1995-01-18
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-01-18
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-01-18
    ➕
    REDPATH, Peter James appointed
    director
  25. 1995-01-18
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1995-01-18
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1995-01-18
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1995-01-18
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Redpath Tyres Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Redpath Tyres Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ROCKLUG TYRES LIMITED
This company · SC155414

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Redpath Tyres Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Academy House
Shedden Park Road
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 7AL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

REDPATH, Agnes→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-18
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Active
REDPATH, Agnes→
director · ~94y · appointed 1995-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REDPATH, Graham→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REDPATH, James Neil→
director · ~63y · appointed 1995-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-18 · resigned 1995-01-18
Resigned
REDPATH, Peter James→
director · ~99y · appointed 1995-01-18 · resigned 2002-10-11
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-18 · resigned 1995-01-18
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-18 · resigned 1995-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-21