ETTRICK YARN DYERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC209942 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.0y 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
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£139.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
2 live charges · oldest 23.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.0 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.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £139,042
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,143 YoY
Cash YoY
+78%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£99k
↑ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£139k
↓ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£205k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £241.0k | £252.5k |
| Current assets | £204.5k | £234.7k |
| Cash | £99.0k | £55.7k |
| Debtors | £82.9k | £159.9k |
| Net assets | £139.0k | £149.2k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-21📄second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-06-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-06-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-05-23➕RENWICK, Jason appointeddirector
- 2016-07-19➖ANDERSON, Robert resigneddirector
- 2015-08-14➖MACKAY, Angus Campbell, Dr resignedsecretary
- 2003-09-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2003-06-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2000-08-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ETTRICK YARN DYERS LIMITED
- 2000-08-14➕RENWICK, William Lamb appointeddirector
- 2000-08-14➕MACKAY, Angus Campbell, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2000-08-14➕ANDERSON, Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Lamb Renwick Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Jason Renwick Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/05/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert Andersonceased 10/01/2017· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-08-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC13300 — SIC 13300
Registered office
Riverside Mills
Dunsdalehaugh
Selkirk
Selkirkshire
TD7 5EF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
RENWICK, Jason→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2019-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RENWICK, William Lamb→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2000-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACKAY, Angus Campbell, Dr→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-08-14 · resigned 2015-08-14
ANDERSON, Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2000-08-14 · resigned 2016-07-19
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 22/09/2003 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 27/06/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (72 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-30