T & M SLATING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC251627 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-24
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 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 22.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.3 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees91000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2023-10-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2021-10-12
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2018-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-01-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 2003-06-24
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    Company incorporated
    As T & M SLATING LTD.
  18. 2003-06-24
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Barry Keith appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-06-24
    ➕
    MENZIES, David Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-24
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Barry Keith appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-24
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-06-24
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-24
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-06-24
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-06-24
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-06-24
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. 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
Mr Barry Keith Taylor
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/07/2016
Mr David Michael Menzies
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

5 St Peters Lane
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB24 3HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TAYLOR, Barry Keith→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-24
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Active
MENZIES, David Michael→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Barry Keith→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-24
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-24
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property09/01/2004—
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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-10-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28