R & M SCAFFOLDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC238918 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-30

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Scaffold erection

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	300	300

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-19
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WHITESIDE, Robert George resigned
director
2025-06-19
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officers · TM01
2025-06-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-12
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-05
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accounts · AA
2013-04-06
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CROSSEY, Catrina appointed
director
2013-03-21
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WHITESIDE, Mary resigned
secretary
2013-03-21
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WHITESIDE, Mary resigned
director
2006-04-06
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WHITESIDE, Robert appointed
director
2002-11-05
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WHITESIDE, Mary appointed
secretary
2002-11-05
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WHITESIDE, Mary appointed
director
2002-11-05
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WHITESIDE, Robert George appointed
director
2002-11-04
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-04
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-30
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Company incorporated
As R & M SCAFFOLDING LIMITED
2002-10-30
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-30
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Catrina Crossey Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	19/06/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert George Whitesideceased 29/10/2025· significant influence

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

Incorporated2002-10-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

R & M Scaffolding Limited

Unit 9, 54 Barterholm Road

Paisley

Renfrewshire

PA2 6PB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CROSSEY, Catrina→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-04-06

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Active

WHITESIDE, Robert→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-04-06

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Active

WHITESIDE, Mary→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2013-03-21

Resigned

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-11-04

Resigned

WHITESIDE, Mary→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2013-03-21

Resigned

WHITESIDE, Robert George→

director · ~82y · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2025-06-19

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-11-04

Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-30

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-10-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-06-19

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-06-19