RJB (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC283239 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-14

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	3	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2023-02-27
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2022-01-21
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2021-01-26
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2020-01-06
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2019-01-29
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2018-01-30
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2017-02-02
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2016-04-18
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2016-02-03
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2015-04-28
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2015-01-13
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2014-05-05
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2014-01-22
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2005-04-14
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Company incorporated
As RJB (SCOTLAND) LTD.
2005-04-14
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BAXTER, Lynsey appointed
secretary
2005-04-14
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BAXTER, John Andrew appointed
director
2005-04-14
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BAXTER, Lynsey appointed
director
2005-04-14
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NOBLE, James appointed
director
2005-04-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2005-04-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
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2005-04-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2005-04-14
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
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2005-04-14
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Andrew Baxter Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2016
Mrs Lynsey Baxter Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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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R.S.M. MILNE (DYKELANDS) LIMITED→ SC030118 · est 1954 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	71y	—	—
RAYNER SIM (FISHING) LTD.→ SC243553 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
RDW307 LTD→ SC699924 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
RIBSMARIE LIMITED→ SC422251 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
RITCH FINGASK LIMITED→ SC759033 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
RJD FARMS LIMITED→ SC855979 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
RYAN HOGARTH FISHING LTD→ SC608073 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
S D WEST LIMITED→ SC510850 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
SAGITTARIUS FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC536003 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
SCENTRAL BARK LTD→ SC719955 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
SCOTLARCH LTD→ SC748510 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
SCOTNET (INTERNATIONAL) LTD.→ SC148062 · est 1993 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	32y	—	—

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7 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

Incorporated2005-04-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Mains Of Troup

Gamrie

Banff

Aberdeenshire

AB45 3JN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-28

Last: 2025-04-14

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BAXTER, Lynsey→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

BAXTER, John Andrew→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

BAXTER, Lynsey→

director · ~52y · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

NOBLE, James→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-14 · resigned 2005-04-14

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-14 · resigned 2005-04-14

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-14 · resigned 2005-04-14

Resigned

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