8 YARDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC158881 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-27
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 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees272800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-07-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-05-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-05-19
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2023-05-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-05-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2023-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-04-03
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Hamish Roderick Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2010-10-25
    ➖
    SWADZBA, Donna resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-10-25
    ➖
    SWADZBA, Donna resigned
    director
  23. 2002-08-29
    ➕
    SWADZBA, Donna appointed
    director
  24. 2002-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1995-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 8 YARDS LIMITED
  26. 1995-06-27
    ➕
    SWADZBA, Paul appointed
    director
  27. 1995-06-27
    ➕
    SWADZBA, Donna appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-06-27
    ➕
    FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1995-06-27
    ➖
    FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1995-06-27
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1995-06-27
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL 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
  • +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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Hamish Roderick Gordon Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/04/2023
Mr Paul Swadzba
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
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
Incorporated1995-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

8 Yards Limited C/O Azets
Quay 2
139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9QG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Hamish Roderick Gordon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWADZBA, Paul→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWADZBA, Donna→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-27 · resigned 2010-10-25
Resigned
FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-06-27 · resigned 1995-06-27
Resigned
SWADZBA, Donna→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-29 · resigned 2010-10-25
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-06-27 · resigned 1995-06-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property07/02/200208/07/2025

Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-05-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28