E. ROXBURGH LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC241307 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-18
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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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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 employees6500

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2020-12-21
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  7. 2019-09-30
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  8. 2018-12-11
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  9. 2018-10-04
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  10. 2018-02-20
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  11. 2018-02-20
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  12. 2017-10-05
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  13. 2016-12-07
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  14. 2016-10-13
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  15. 2015-12-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-11-30
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    MCEWAN, Marcus William appointed
    director
  17. 2007-10-01
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    MCEWAN, Marcus William appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-01
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    DALL, Neil Alexander Henry resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As E. ROXBURGH LTD.
  20. 2002-12-18
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    ROXBURGH, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2002-12-18
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    DALL, Neil Alexander Henry appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-12-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-12-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-12-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-12-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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  26. 2002-12-18
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-12-18
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROXBURGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Roxburgh
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Marcus William Mcewan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

42 Forbes Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH10 4ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MCEWAN, Marcus William→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCEWAN, Marcus William→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROXBURGH, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALL, Neil Alexander Henry→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2007-10-01
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-18