RIFBRO LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC369359 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-30
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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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47782
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees700600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-17
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  2. 2024-05-21
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  3. 2023-07-04
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  4. 2022-05-15
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  5. 2021-06-03
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  6. 2020-05-22
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  7. 2020-01-30
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  8. 2019-08-16
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  9. 2019-04-01
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    WILKINSON, Ben Colin Richard appointed
    director
  10. 2019-01-31
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  11. 2018-04-06
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  12. 2017-05-15
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  13. 2016-05-04
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  14. 2015-12-07
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  15. 2015-03-26
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  16. 2014-12-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As RIFBRO LTD.
  18. 2009-11-30
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    BROPHY, Stephen James appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2009-11-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-11-30
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-30
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Brophy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2009-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47782 — SIC 47782

Registered office

247 Morningside Road
Edinburgh
EH10 4QJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROPHY, Stephen James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-11-30
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Active
WILKINSON, Ben Colin Richard→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-04-01
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-30 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-30 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
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2025-04-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
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accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
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2022-05-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
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accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
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officers · AP01
2020-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-08-16