RAEBURN FINE WINES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC488800 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
31 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
75
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £9,020,658
Cash draining
Cash down 78% YoY
Cash YoY
-78%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£9.0m
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£11m
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9.08M | £8.77M |
| Current assets | £10.89M | £10.66M |
| Cash | £1.7k | £7.9k |
| Debtors | £1.95M | £1.96M |
| Net assets | £9.02M | £8.66M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-01-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-01-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-07📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-10-13🏢Company incorporatedAs RAEBURN FINE WINES LTD.
- 2014-10-13➕MAHMUD, Taher appointeddirector
- 2014-10-13➕MOHAMED, Zubair appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Taher Mohamed Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Zubair Mohamed Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
23 Comely Bank Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH4 1DS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MAHMUD, Taher→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2014-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOHAMED, Zubair→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2014-10-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 10/02/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (31 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-01-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-01-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-07
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-01-07