RAINBOW BLINDS AND FABRICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC191505 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

£4.18M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 13921

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.9y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £338,804

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£4.18M	—
Gross profit	£2.38M	—
Operating profit	£337.5k	—
Profit before tax	£338.8k	—
Average employees	5100	5400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-08-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
📄
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-05-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-01-17
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-16
➕
BLANEY, Cameron Alexander appointed
director
2019-06-12
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-01-24
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-01-21
➕
BLANEY, Lewis David appointed
director
2018-05-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-06-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-08
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2008-12-14
➕
PATRICK, Margaret appointed
director
2005-07-12
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-06-20
➕
BLANEY, Morag appointed
secretary
2005-06-20
➕
BLANEY, Alexander appointed
director
2005-06-20
➕
BLANEY, Morag appointed
director
2005-06-20
➖
SNEDDON, Gillian resigned
secretary
2005-06-20
➖
MCCORQUODALE, James resigned
director
2003-04-25
➖
ROGAN, Bernard Charles resigned
director
2000-03-22
➕
ROGAN, Bernard Charles appointed
director
1998-11-27
🏢
Company incorporated
As RAINBOW BLINDS AND FABRICS LIMITED
1998-11-27
➕
SNEDDON, Gillian appointed
secretary
1998-11-27
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-11-27
➖
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-11-27
➕
MCCORQUODALE, James appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 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

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Group structure

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

🏛️

G C Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

⬇

RAINBOW BLINDS AND FABRICS LIMITED

This company · SC191505

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
G C Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest	16/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · ML postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
BSB STRUCTURAL LTD.→ SC277667 · est 2004	£13.76M £10.70M–£16.82M	£20.18M	—	7300	21y	85	65y
BROWN MCFARLANE LIMITED→ SC121113 · est 1989	£6.25M £4.87M–£7.64M	—	—	92	36y	87	60y
IMV TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED→ SC085981 · est 1983	£5.78M £4.49M–£7.06M	£16.44M	—	66	42y	83	59y
BRYSON TRACTORS LIMITED→ SC235088 · est 2002	£949.1k £738.2k–£1.16M	—	—	41	23y	87	62y
BROWN MCFARLANE PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED→ SC652564 · est 2020	£882.0k £686.0k–£1.08M	—	—	6	6y	83	60y
PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED→ SC158127 · est 1995	£570.0k £443.3k–£696.7k	—	—	68	31y	85	69y
MV FRUEHAUF LTD→ SC708376 · est 2021	£150.9k £117.4k–£184.4k	—	—	149	4y	82	63y
CONSARC ENGINEERING LIMITED→ SC019918 · est 1937 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	88y	83	79y
CRANE MAINTAIN LTD→ SC317952 · est 2007	—	—	£852.7k	—	19y	83	59y
GLENISLA KILTS LIMITED→ SC217626 · est 2001	—	—	£63.7k	—	25y	83	74y
HUGH LOGAN PLANT & ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED→ SC060061 · est 1976	—	—	£1.25M	—	50y	83	59y
JAMES COWIE & CO. LIMITED→ SC039171 · est 1963 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	62y	83	59y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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

Incorporated1998-11-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC13921 — SIC 13921

Registered office

61 Canyon Road

Netherton Industrial Estate

Wishaw

Lanarkshire

ML2 0EG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last: 2025-11-16