FLEMINGS OF ROSYTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC235954 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£104.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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 17.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.9 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.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £104,524

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£78k
Net Worth
£105k
Current Assets
£202k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£254.7k
Current assets£201.9k
Cash£78.3k
Debtors£117.0k
Net assets£104.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-19
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-21
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  8. 2019-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-05
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-06-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  17. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    FLEMING, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    FLEMING, Barbara Ellen appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    FLEMING, Graeme appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    FLEMING, Susan appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As FLEMINGS OF ROSYTH LIMITED
  22. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    FLEMING, Hilda Jean appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    FLEMING, Hilda Jean appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    FLEMING, John William Archibald appointed
    director
  25. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-08-27
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FLEMING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Hilda Jean Fleming
Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Belleknowes
Inverkeithing
Fife
KY11 1HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (7 active · 1 resigned)

FLEMING, Hilda Jean→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-27
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Active
FLEMING, Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
FLEMING, Barbara Ellen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
FLEMING, Graeme→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
FLEMING, Hilda Jean→
director · ~81y · appointed 2002-08-27
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Active
FLEMING, John William Archibald→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-08-27
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Active
FLEMING, Susan→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-27 · resigned 2002-08-27
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 PLC
Floating charge1 property18/06/2008—
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-29