ROEMAC SERVICES LTD.

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SC160205 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 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

3 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£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees600800800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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  2. 2025-08-26
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  3. 2025-08-26
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  4. 2025-07-29
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  5. 2025-07-28
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    ROE, Alan Harrower resigned
    director
  6. 2025-05-26
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  7. 2024-05-14
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  8. 2023-05-18
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  9. 2022-10-06
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  10. 2022-10-06
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  11. 2022-05-10
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  12. 2021-05-27
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  13. 2020-05-29
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  14. 2019-05-29
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  15. 2018-06-05
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  16. 2017-06-22
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  17. 1998-09-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 1995-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ROEMAC SERVICES LTD.
  19. 1995-09-06
    ➕
    MACKIE, Ronald Stuart appointed
    secretary
  20. 1995-09-06
    ➕
    MACKIE, Ronald Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 1995-09-06
    ➕
    FOOT, Leigh appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1995-09-06
    ➖
    FOOT, Leigh resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-09-06
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1995-09-06
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1995-09-06
    ➕
    ROE, Alan Harrower appointed
    director
  26. 1995-09-06
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1995-09-06
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronald Stuart Mackie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Harrower Roeceased 19/08/2025· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Torridon House, Torridon Lane
Rosyth
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 2EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MACKIE, Ronald Stuart→
secretary · appointed 1995-09-06
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Active
MACKIE, Ronald Stuart→
director · ~72y · appointed 1995-09-06
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Active
FOOT, Leigh→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1995-09-06
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1995-09-06
Resigned
ROE, Alan Harrower→
director · ~75y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 2025-07-28
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1995-09-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property14/09/1998—
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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16