LEAFBROOK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC182102 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-15
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
77 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-09
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  9. 2020-12-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-08-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-29
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    RUBENS, Kenneth David resigned
    director
  18. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    RUBENS, Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    RUBENS, Simon Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 1998-02-09
    ➕
    WYLD, Anthony Richard Whycliffe appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-02-09
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-02-09
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  23. 1998-02-09
    ➕
    RUBENS, Kenneth David appointed
    director
  24. 1998-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As LEAFBROOK LIMITED
  25. 1998-01-15
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-01-15
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mrs Angela Gillian Rubens
Individual · British · DOB 04/1938 · age 88
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/06/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Kenneth David Rubensceased 11/06/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1998-01-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael
7 - 11 Melville Street
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
EH3 7PE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WYLD, Anthony Richard Whycliffe→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-09
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Active
RUBENS, Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-01
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Active
RUBENS, Simon Alexander→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-04-01
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-15 · resigned 1998-02-09
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-01-15 · resigned 1998-02-09
Resigned
RUBENS, Kenneth David→
director · ~97y · appointed 1998-02-09 · resigned 2017-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2021-02-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-12-22