ROSEFIELD SALVAGE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC184024 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 27.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 27.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (57/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-12-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-14📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2025-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-14📄second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
- 2024-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-11➕WILLIAMSON, Lewis appointeddirector
- 2020-03-11➕WILLIAMSON, Scott Ian appointeddirector
- 2020-03-11➖WILLIAMSON, Ivor Martin resigneddirector
- 2017-11-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-10-20➖WILLIAMSON, Gary Gordon resigneddirector
- 1999-11-17➖WILLIAMSON, Roy Moray resigneddirector
- 1998-07-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1998-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ROSEFIELD SALVAGE LIMITED
- 1998-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Mark Clive appointedsecretary
- 1998-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Mark Clive appointeddirector
- 1998-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Paul appointeddirector
- 1998-03-19➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1998-03-19➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1998-03-19➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1998-03-19➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
- 1998-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Gary Gordon appointeddirector
- 1998-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Ivor Martin appointeddirector
- 1998-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Roy Moray appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Greshop Industrial Estate
Forres
Morayshire
IV36 2GW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14
Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)
WILLIAMSON, Mark Clive→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-03-19
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WILLIAMSON, Lewis→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2020-03-11
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WILLIAMSON, Mark Clive→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1998-03-19
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WILLIAMSON, Paul→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1998-03-19
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WILLIAMSON, Scott Ian→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-03-11
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REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-03-19
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-03-19
WILLIAMSON, Gary Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 2017-10-20
WILLIAMSON, Ivor Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 2020-03-11
WILLIAMSON, Roy Moray→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1999-11-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 10/07/1998 | 21/11/2017 |
Recent filings (126 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-01-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-14
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-14
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02