RUBRIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC489009 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-15

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Translation and interpretation activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.2y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Average employees	6	600

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-06
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HILL, Julia appointed
director
2025-01-06
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METCALF, Rebecca resigned
director
2024-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-24
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-08-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-22
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-31
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ENAHOLO, Susannah appointed
director
2022-03-31
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SPURLING, Dominic appointed
director
2022-03-31
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WEIKOP, Alicja appointed
director
2022-03-31
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METCALF, Rebecca appointed
director
2022-03-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Françoise Suzanne Henderson
2014-10-15
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Company incorporated
As RUBRIC LIMITED
2014-10-15
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HENDERSON, Francoise Suzanne appointed
director
2014-10-15
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HENDERSON, Ian Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Rubric Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rubric Eot Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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RUBRIC LIMITED

This company · SC489009

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
Rubric Eot Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	31/03/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Ian Andrew Hendersonceased 31/03/2022· 25-50% shares
Mrs Francoise Suzanne Hendersonceased 31/03/2022· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-10-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74300 — Translation and interpretation activities

Registered office

Suite 6.01 97-101 George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 3ES

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15