ROSS'S OF EDINBURGH LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC502057 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-31
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 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£50.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10822
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.8y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £50,895
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£53k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Net Worth
£51k
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Assets
£307k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£62k£123k£185k£246k£308kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£122.0k£104.6k
Current assets£306.7k£308.1k
Cash£53.3k£48.8k
Debtors£63.2k£69.0k
Net assets£50.9k£47.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2018-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2017-12-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2017-11-29
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2017-11-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2017-11-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Factor 21 (North) Limited
  17. 2017-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, James Middleton appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Fleximize Limited
  21. 2015-04-13
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Cheryl appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-13
    ➖
    ANDERSON, James Middleton resigned
    director
  23. 2015-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ROSS'S OF EDINBURGH LTD
  24. 2015-03-31
    ➕
    ANDERSON, James Middleton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Middleton Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest30/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10822 — SIC 10822

Registered office

Ross House
Sherwood Industrial Estate
Bonnyrigg
EH19 3LW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-12
Last: 2025-04-28

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Cheryl→
director · ~37y · appointed 2015-04-13
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Active
ANDERSON, James Middleton→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
ANDERSON, James Middleton→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-03-31 · resigned 2015-04-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Factor 21 (North)
Factor 21 (North) Limited
A registered charge—17/11/201720/03/2018
satisfied
Fleximize
Fleximize Limited
A registered charge—15/07/201529/11/2017

Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-04