E N ROBERTSON & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC284767 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-13
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£75.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 89). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £75,782

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£76k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£90k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£36k£54k£72k£90kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£77.0k£66.7k
Current assets£89.9k£70.5k
Net assets£75.8k£60.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-01-07
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Fern resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-02
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  5. 2025-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-05-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2005-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As E N ROBERTSON & SON LIMITED
  19. 2005-05-13
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Bruce appointed
    director
  20. 2005-05-13
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Kevin appointed
    director
  21. 2005-05-13
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Fern appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-05-13
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-05-13
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-05-13
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-05-13
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "ROBERTSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bruce Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1937 · age 89
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Kevin Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2005-05-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael
15 Academy Street
Forfar
Angus
DD8 2HA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Bruce→
director · ~89y · appointed 2005-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Kevin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Fern→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2026-01-07
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2005-05-13
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2005-05-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18