ROBERTSON TIMBER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC383264 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sawmilling and planing of wood
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 16290SIC 16290
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees18001700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-09
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Louise Annabel appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-09
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Oliver appointed
    director
  6. 2023-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-08-19
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Diane appointed
    director
  12. 2020-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-05-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2017-05-29
    ➖
    DEANS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2016-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2010-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ROBERTSON TIMBER LIMITED
  22. 2010-08-06
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Colin appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-06
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2010-08-06
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2010-08-06
    ➕
    DEANS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2010-08-06
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  27. 2010-08-06
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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 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

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBERTSON, Louise Annabel (same surname) appointed 2023-08-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares04/07/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16100 — Sawmilling and planing of wood

Registered office

Charlesfield Depot
St. Boswells
Melrose
TD6 0HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Colin→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Diane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Louise Annabel→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Oliver→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-06 · resigned 2010-08-06
Resigned
DEANS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-06 · resigned 2017-05-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-06 · resigned 2010-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06