JOHN REBUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC215894 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-16
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,393,717
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.6m
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£5.4m
↑ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£2.7m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.1m£2.2m£3.2m£4.3m£5.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.45M£5.10M
Current assets£2.65M£2.36M
Cash£2.56M£2.20M
Debtors£93.3k£158.1k
Net assets£5.39M£5.05M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2023-01-11
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  5. 2023-01-11
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  6. 2023-01-11
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  7. 2022-12-14
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  8. 2021-12-08
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  9. 2020-12-21
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  10. 2019-12-12
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  11. 2019-04-25
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  12. 2019-04-24
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  13. 2019-04-24
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  14. 2019-04-24
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  15. 2019-04-24
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  16. 2019-04-24
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  17. 2019-04-24
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  18. 2019-04-24
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-09-11
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    HARVEY-RANKIN, John appointed
    director
  20. 2001-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN REBUS LIMITED
  21. 2001-02-16
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    HARVEY, Anna Miranda appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-02-16
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    HARVEY, Anna Miranda appointed
    director
  23. 2001-02-16
    ➕
    RANKIN, Ian James appointed
    director
  24. 2001-02-16
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-02-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-02-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-02-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ian James Rankin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Anna Miranda Harvey
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Paul Enda Kenny
Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust 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
Incorporated2001-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

24a Ainslie Place
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH3 6AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HARVEY, Anna Miranda→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARVEY, Anna Miranda→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARVEY-RANKIN, John→
director · ~34y · appointed 2017-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, Ian James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2001-02-16
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2001-02-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21