RJ FIXINGS (NEWCASTLE) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC340113 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-25
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • · Hygiene score: 65 → 85
  • · Opportunity score: 72 → 80
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • ↑Opportunity score: 72 → 80
  • ↑Hygiene score: 65 → 85
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ↑PSC count: 1 → 2
  • +1 more
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£312.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £312,461
Cash YoY
+50%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£412k
↑ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£312k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£593k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£119k£237k£356k£475k£593kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£320.1k£295.1k
Current assets£593.2k£556.4k
Cash£411.9k£274.8k
Debtors£139.9k£241.6k
Net assets£312.5k£279.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-28
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    HINDSON, Steven resigned
    director
  4. 2026-04-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-09-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-09-22
    ➕
    HINDSON, Jill appointed
    director
  8. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    MALLON, Elaine appointed
    director
  16. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    HINDSON, Steven appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RJ FIXINGS (NEWCASTLE) LTD
  21. 2008-03-25
    ➕
    SHAW, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-03-25
    ➕
    MALLON, John Ward appointed
    director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
Mrs Jill Hindson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2026
Mr Steven Hindson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

36c Inchmuir Road
Whitehill Industrial Estate
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 2EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SHAW, Christopher John→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-25
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Active
HINDSON, Jill→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-09-22
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Active
MALLON, Elaine→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-01-31
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Active
MALLON, John Ward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HINDSON, Steven→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2026-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13