E RUXTON LTD
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-179.9k | £-142.4k |
| Current assets | £28.7k | £35.7k |
| Cash | £17.4k | £22.8k |
| Debtors | £5.5k | £9.1k |
| Net assets | £-180.0k | £-152.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-31📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-10-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-30📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-10-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-29➕RUXTON, Emma appointedsecretary
- 2025-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-18📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-11-15📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-05-20➖RUXTON, Angela resignedsecretary
- 2014-05-06🏢Company incorporatedAs E RUXTON LTD
- 2014-05-06➕MARK, Emma appointeddirector
- 2014-05-06➕RUXTON, Angela appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Emma Louise Mark Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1987 · age 39 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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