R J DOAK AND SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC317488 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-28
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 41201Construction of commercial buildings
- 46130SIC 46130
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 17.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.9 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 (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1500 | 1500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-01📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2018-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-03-04➖DOAK, Robert James resigneddirector
- 2017-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2016-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-05-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2008-05-15➕DOAK, Robert James appointeddirector
- 2007-02-28🏢Company incorporatedAs R J DOAK AND SONS LIMITED
- 2007-02-28➕DOAK, Sandra appointedsecretary
- 2007-02-28➕DOAK, Clifford appointeddirector
- 2007-02-28➕DOAK, Thomas John Brian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "DOAK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Thomas John Brian Doak Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Clifford Doak Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
Northfaulds
Lanark
ML11 7SA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
DOAK, Clifford→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2007-02-28
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DOAK, Thomas John Brian→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2007-02-28
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DOAK, Robert James→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2018-03-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 27/05/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-21