ROEMAC SERVICES LTD.
💤Zombieactive
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive 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 27.6y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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, 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
81 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 800 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-28➖ROE, Alan Harrower resigneddirector
- 2025-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1998-09-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1995-09-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ROEMAC SERVICES LTD.
- 1995-09-06➕MACKIE, Ronald Stuart appointedsecretary
- 1995-09-06➕MACKIE, Ronald Stuart appointeddirector
- 1995-09-06➕FOOT, Leigh appointednominee-secretary
- 1995-09-06➖FOOT, Leigh resignednominee-secretary
- 1995-09-06➕MCINTOSH, Susan appointednominee-director
- 1995-09-06➖MCINTOSH, Susan resignednominee-director
- 1995-09-06➕ROE, Alan Harrower appointeddirector
- 1995-09-06➕TRAINER, Peter appointednominee-director
- 1995-09-06➖TRAINER, Peter resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +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 candidateStrong 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ronald Stuart Mackie Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
MACKIE, Ronald Stuart→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACKIE, Ronald Stuart→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 1995-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FOOT, Leigh→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1995-09-06
MCINTOSH, Susan→
Resignednominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1995-09-06
ROE, Alan Harrower→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 2025-07-28
TRAINER, Peter→
Resignednominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1995-09-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 14/09/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (81 total)
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
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27