MITCHELLS ROBERTON LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC497188 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-06

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.2y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (10 active, 15 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

3 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	2026-03-31	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	8700	8700	8100

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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accounts · AA
2026-03-02
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officers · TM01
2025-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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INGLIS, Mary Morag, Ms. resigned
director
2024-07-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
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officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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FERGUSON, Ian Cameron resigned
director
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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officers · CH01
2021-04-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-31
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REID, Donald Bremner resigned
director
2020-09-01
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GILCHRIST, Allyson appointed
director
2020-09-01
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MCKEE, Heather Michele appointed
director
2020-09-01
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MOSS, Joyce Mary appointed
director
2020-09-01
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SCHIAVONE, Laura Catherine appointed
director
2020-09-01
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officers · AP01
2020-09-01
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officers · AP01
2020-09-01
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officers · AP01
2020-09-01
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officers · AP01
2020-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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capital · SH03
2019-10-18
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officers · AP01
2019-09-01
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GERBER, Kenneth Steven appointed
director
2019-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-02
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-03-31
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MACKENZIE, Neil James resigned
director
2017-11-01
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MCLELLAN, Martin David appointed
director
2016-08-01
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CONN, Joel Martin appointed
director
2016-04-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2016-04-01
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BALLANTINE, David Alexander Russell resigned
director
2015-07-01
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NEILLY, Paul David appointed
director
2015-04-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-02-06
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Company incorporated
As MITCHELLS ROBERTON LTD
2015-02-06
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INGLIS, Ronald James appointed
director
2015-02-06
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LEATHAM, Ross James appointed
director
2015-02-06
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BALLANTINE, David Alexander Russell appointed
director
2015-02-06
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FERGUSON, Ian Cameron appointed
director
2015-02-06
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INGLIS, Mary Morag, Ms. appointed
director
2015-02-06
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MACKENZIE, Neil James appointed
director
2015-02-06
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REID, Donald Bremner appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-02-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

George House

36 North Hanover Street

Glasgow

G1 2AD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-20

Last: 2026-02-06