RAEBURNFARQUHARBOWEN LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC393977 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-22
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 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Urban planning and landscape architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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 (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £224.0k |
| Current assets | — | £294.9k |
| Cash | — | £61.0k |
| Debtors | — | £233.9k |
| Net assets | — | £217.3k |
| Average employees | 11 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-17📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-05-13📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-12-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-05➖FARQUHAR, John Wilson resigneddirector
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2011-04-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2011-03-02➕BOWEN, Nicholas James appointeddirector
- 2011-03-02➕RAEBURN, Sheena Rose Sarah appointeddirector
- 2011-03-02➖DUNN, Alastair Kenneth resigneddirector
- 2011-03-02➕FARQUHAR, John Wilson appointeddirector
- 2011-03-02➖GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigneddirector
- 2011-02-22🏢Company incorporatedAs RAEBURNFARQUHARBOWEN LTD
- 2011-02-22➕DUNN, Alastair Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2011-02-22➕GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "BOWEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Raeburnfarquharbowen Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Raeburnfarquharbowen Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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RAEBURNFARQUHARBOWEN LTD
This company · SC393977
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Raeburnfarquharbowen Eot Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 05/12/2024 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Nicholas James Bowenceased 05/12/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr John Wilson Farquharceased 05/12/2024· 25-50% shares
- Sheena Rose Sarah Raeburnceased 05/12/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71112 — Urban planning and landscape architectural activities
Registered office
Codebase Stirling 8-10 Corn Exchange Road
Stirling
FK8 2HX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BOWEN, Nicholas James→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2011-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAEBURN, Sheena Rose Sarah→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2011-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUNN, Alastair Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2011-03-02
FARQUHAR, John Wilson→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-03-02 · resigned 2024-12-05
GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2011-03-02
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 18/04/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20