R & L LAW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC214142 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-27
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 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 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 (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees500400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-09-30
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  5. 2022-09-30
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  6. 2021-12-26
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  7. 2020-11-23
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  8. 2019-09-07
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  9. 2018-08-22
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  10. 2017-08-26
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  11. 2017-02-13
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  12. 2017-02-12
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-12-31
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    STEVENSON, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  15. 2016-12-01
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    JAMIESON'S BOOK-KEEPING & ACCOUNTANCY LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2016-09-23
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  17. 2016-01-28
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  18. 2012-12-21
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    DAVIE, John Robert resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-12-21
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    JAMIESON'S BOOK-KEEPING & ACCOUNTANCY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    DAVIE, John Robert appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    MESSRS JAMIESON DAVIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2001-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 2000-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As R & L LAW LIMITED
  24. 2000-12-27
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    LAW, Lyndsey Geddes appointed
    director
  25. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    LAW, Roderick Donaldson appointed
    director
  26. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    MESSRS JAMIESON DAVIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2000-12-27
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-12-27
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 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

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
Mr Roderick Donaldson Law
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-12-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

The Tassie The Tassie
Muasdale
Tarbert
Argyll
PA29 6XD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

STEVENSON, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2016-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAW, Lyndsey Geddes→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAW, Roderick Donaldson→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIE, John Robert→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2012-12-21
Resigned
JAMIESON'S BOOK-KEEPING & ACCOUNTANCY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-12-21 · resigned 2016-12-01
Resigned
MESSRS JAMIESON DAVIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2000-12-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property07/02/2001—
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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-07