ALEXANDERS (ROSEMOUNT) LIMITED

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SC174218 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-08
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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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 28.7y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-02-26
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  3. 2024-06-04
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  4. 2023-09-30
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  5. 2023-08-26
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    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-07-07
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  7. 2023-06-27
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    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-01-31
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    mortgage · MR05
  9. 2023-01-31
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    mortgage · MR05
  10. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2016-01-26
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    PRYDE, John Macrae resigned
    director
  18. 2014-08-08
    ➖
    PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-02-01
    ➕
    PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-02-01
    ➖
    PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-03-06
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2007-03-03
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    Charge satisfied #5
  23. 2007-03-03
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    Charge satisfied #4
  24. 2007-03-03
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    Charge satisfied #3
  25. 2007-02-28
    ➕
    YORKE, Philip appointed
    director
  26. 2007-02-28
    ➖
    HENDERSON, William Turner resigned
    secretary
  27. 2007-02-28
    ➕
    PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-02-28
    ➖
    CRESWELL, James Fraser resigned
    director
  29. 2007-02-28
    ➖
    HENDERSON, William Turner resigned
    director
  30. 2007-02-28
    ➕
    PRYDE, John Macrae appointed
    director
  31. 2007-02-28
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  32. 2003-01-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2003-01-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  34. 2001-12-12
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  35. 2001-11-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  36. 2001-01-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  37. 2000-05-23
    ➖
    FORREST, Ian James Kindness resigned
    secretary
  38. 2000-05-23
    ➕
    HENDERSON, William Turner appointed
    secretary
  39. 2000-05-23
    ➖
    FORREST, Ian James Kindness resigned
    director
  40. 1997-10-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  41. 1997-09-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  42. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    FORREST, Ian James Kindness appointed
    secretary
  43. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  44. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    CRESWELL, James Fraser appointed
    director
  45. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    FORREST, Ian James Kindness appointed
    director
  46. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    HENDERSON, William Turner appointed
    director
  47. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  48. 1997-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDERS (ROSEMOUNT) LIMITED
  49. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  50. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Pryork Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALEXANDERS (ROSEMOUNT) LIMITED
This company · SC174218

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
Pryork 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47530 — Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Registered office

213 Rosemount Place
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB25 2XS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

YORKE, Philip→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Ian James Kindness→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2000-05-23
Resigned
HENDERSON, William Turner→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-23 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned
PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2014-08-08
Resigned
PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2008-02-01
Resigned
CRESWELL, James Fraser→
director · ~90y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
FORREST, Ian James Kindness→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2000-05-23
Resigned
HENDERSON, William Turner→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
PRYDE, John Macrae→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2016-01-26
Resigned
BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Standard security1 property06/03/2007—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property28/02/2007—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property12/12/200103/03/2007
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property22/11/200103/03/2007
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property30/01/200103/03/2007
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security2 properties13/10/199731/01/2003
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property10/09/199731/01/2003
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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-07-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-06-27
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-01-31
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-26