RB WELL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC353518 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£67.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £67,162

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£55k
Net Worth
£67k
Current Assets
£76k
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£31k£46k£61k£76kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£69.4k—
Current assets£76.4k—
Cash£54.8k—
Debtors£21.5k—
Net assets£67.2k—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-25
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  2. 2024-03-20
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  3. 2023-06-07
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  4. 2022-03-01
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  5. 2021-05-07
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  6. 2020-06-17
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  7. 2020-04-07
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  8. 2020-04-07
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  9. 2019-04-11
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  10. 2018-05-04
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  11. 2017-05-09
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  12. 2016-09-02
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  13. 2016-02-01
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  14. 2015-06-17
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  15. 2015-01-20
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  16. 2013-04-06
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    BROWN, Pauline appointed
    director
  17. 2009-01-16
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    BROWN, Pauline appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-01-16
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    BROWN, Russell Anderson appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-16
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  20. 2009-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As RB WELL SERVICES LTD
  21. 2009-01-15
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Pauline Brown
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Russell Anderson Brown
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd
Traill Drive
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BROWN, Pauline→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-16
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Active
BROWN, Pauline→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-04-06
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Active
BROWN, Russell Anderson→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-01-16
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Active
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-15 · resigned 2009-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
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2025-03-25
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2025-01-22
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2024-03-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
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accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
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accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16