THOMAS MUIR (ROSYTH) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC379767 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
43 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,240,239
Cash YoY
+1947%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£864k
↑ 1947% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£422k£843k£1.3m£1.7m£2.1mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£1.44M£1.49M
Current assets£2.11M£2.07M
Cash£864.0k£42.2k
Debtors£992.7k£1.83M
Net assets£1.24M£1.23M

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2023-02-20
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  5. 2022-08-26
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  6. 2021-08-27
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  7. 2020-12-19
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  8. 2019-08-27
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  9. 2018-08-27
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  10. 2017-08-25
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  11. 2016-08-26
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  12. 2016-06-29
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  13. 2015-11-20
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  14. 2015-08-21
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  15. 2015-08-12
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  16. 2015-06-02
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  17. 2012-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2010-12-20
    ➕
    MUIR, George Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2010-12-20
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    MUIR, Thomas appointed
    director
  20. 2010-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As THOMAS MUIR (ROSYTH) LTD
  21. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    MUIR, Catherine Isobel appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    MUIR, George Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    MUIR, Thomas Donald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MUIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Isobel Muir
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/06/2017
Mr George Anthony Muir
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1991 · age 35
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/06/2017
Mr Thomas Donald Muir
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/06/2017
Mr Thomas Muir
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence04/06/2017

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
Incorporated2010-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Cromarty Campus
Rosyth
Fife
KY11 2YB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

MUIR, Catherine Isobel→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
MUIR, George Charles→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-12-20
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Active
MUIR, George Anthony→
director · ~35y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
MUIR, Thomas→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-12-20
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Active
MUIR, Thomas Donald→
director · ~40y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property01/02/2012—
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Recent filings (43 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-12