ROBERTSON METALS HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC353448 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-14

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-30
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2024-10-23
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2023-11-01
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2022-10-17
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2021-11-01
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2021-01-05
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2019-10-23
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2018-10-16
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2018-09-25
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2017-11-03
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2016-09-27
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2016-07-09
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mortgage · MR04
2016-07-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2016-02-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-15
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mortgage · MR01
2015-12-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-10-28
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2015-02-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-01-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2009-10-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-07-23
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THOMSON, James appointed
secretary
2009-07-23
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ROBERTSON, Alexander Herron appointed
director
2009-07-23
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ROBERTSON, Sandra Mary appointed
director
2009-07-23
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DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-07-23
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GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell resigned
director
2009-01-14
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Company incorporated
As ROBERTSON METALS HOLDINGS LTD
2009-01-14
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DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-01-14
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GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell appointed
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 63. 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 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Alexander Herron Robertson Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Sandra Mary Robertson Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-01-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Inverkeithing Scrap Terminal Cruickness Road

Ferryhills Road

Inverkeithing

Fife

KY11 1HL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMSON, James→

secretary · appointed 2009-07-23

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Active

ROBERTSON, Alexander Herron→

director · ~63y · appointed 2009-07-23

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Active

ROBERTSON, Sandra Mary→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-07-23

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Active

DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2009-07-23

Resigned

GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell→

director · ~57y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2009-07-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	07/12/2015	09/07/2016
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	26/01/2015	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	31/10/2009	04/02/2015

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