MONTROSE ROPE & SAIL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC246159 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-21

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 17.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	21	2100

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-10-24
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2025-03-19
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officers · CH01
2025-03-19
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officers · CH01
2024-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Neil Paton
2022-01-12
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mortgage · MR01
2022-01-06
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officers · AP01
2022-01-06
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officers · TM02
2021-12-31
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officers · AP03
2021-12-22
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WYPER, Ashley appointed
secretary
2021-12-22
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WYPER, Ashley appointed
director
2021-12-22
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PATON, Neil resigned
secretary
2021-12-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Neil Paton
2021-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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accounts · AA
2017-11-24
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PATON, Jessie Haggart resigned
director
2017-08-31
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-08-07
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WYPER, Rudi appointed
director
2016-12-23
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-11-27
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PATON, Lynda Jane resigned
director
2008-11-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-11-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2006-07-02
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PATON, Graeme William James resigned
director
2006-03-22
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PATON, Lynda Jane appointed
director
2003-03-21
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Company incorporated
As MONTROSE ROPE & SAIL COMPANY LIMITED
2003-03-21
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PATON, Neil appointed
director
2003-03-21
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PATON, Neil appointed
secretary
2003-03-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-21
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PATON, Graeme William James appointed
director
2003-03-21
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PATON, Jessie Haggart appointed
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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Mrs Scotland Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mrs Scotland Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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MONTROSE ROPE & SAIL COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC246159

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Scotland Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-03-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Brent Avenue

Montrose

Angus

DD10 9PB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WYPER, Ashley→

secretary · appointed 2021-12-22

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Active

PATON, Neil→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-03-21

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Active

WYPER, Ashley→

director · ~46y · appointed 2021-12-22

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Active

WYPER, Rudi→

director · ~46y · appointed 2017-08-07

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Active

PATON, Neil→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2021-12-22

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2003-03-21

Resigned

PATON, Graeme William James→

director · ~88y · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2006-07-02

Resigned

PATON, Jessie Haggart→

director · ~89y · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2017-11-24

Resigned

PATON, Lynda Jane→

director · ~71y · appointed 2006-03-22 · resigned 2013-11-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Neil Paton	A registered charge	1 property	03/02/2022	—
outstanding	Neil Paton	A registered charge	—	22/12/2021	—
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	24/11/2008	23/12/2016
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	10/11/2008	31/08/2017

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-03

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-04-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-29

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-02-07

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-01-12