ROBERTSONS OF TAIN (NORTH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC300052 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£90.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46610

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £90,373

Cash YoY

+73%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£62k

↑ 73% YoY

Net Worth

£90k

↑ 89% YoY

Current Assets

£189k

↑ 66% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£98.6k	£50.8k
Current assets	£189.0k	£113.8k
Cash	£61.9k	£35.8k
Debtors	£35.2k	£9.5k
Net assets	£90.4k	£47.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-07-01
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2024-05-09
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2023-04-06
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2022-09-28
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accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts · AA
2020-10-12
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accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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accounts · AA
2018-08-15
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accounts · AA
2017-09-29
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accounts · AA
2016-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2014-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-01
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annual-return · AR01
2006-03-31
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Company incorporated
As ROBERTSONS OF TAIN (NORTH) LIMITED
2006-03-31
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MACKENZIE, Margaret Michelle appointed
secretary
2006-03-31
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MACKENZIE, Kenneth appointed
director
2006-03-31
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-31
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-31
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-03-31
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% 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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8 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

Incorporated2006-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46610 — SIC 46610

Registered office

2 Thorfinn Terrace

Thurso

Caithness

KW14 7LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-21

Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Margaret Michelle→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-31

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Active

MACKENZIE, Kenneth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2006-03-31

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31

Resigned

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