ROBERTSONS TREE CARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC450548 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£136.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £136,395
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,840 YoY
Cash YoY
+72%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£82k
↑ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£136k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£187k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£37k£75k£112k£150k£187kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£300.7k£356.6k
Current assets£186.9k£180.1k
Cash£82.1k£47.8k
Debtors£104.9k£132.3k
Net assets£136.4k£157.2k

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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-11-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-11-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-10-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2018-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-01
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    MURPHY, Caroline appointed
    director
  18. 2018-03-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2013-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ROBERTSONS TREE CARE LIMITED
  20. 2013-05-21
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Alan Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-05-21
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Alan Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROBERTSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Andrew Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1984 · age 42
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Ms Caroline Murphy
Individual · Irish · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2023

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
Incorporated2013-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

9 Dumyat Road
Stirling
FK9 5HA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-04
Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Alan Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-21
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Active
MURPHY, Caroline→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-03-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Alan Andrew→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-05-21
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Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09