REEKIE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC542442 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33170SIC 33170
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 9.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — 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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £1,024,183

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.0m
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£205k£410k£615k£819k£1.0mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.02M£1.02M
Debtors£1.02M£1.39M
Net assets£1.02M£1.02M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-04
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  5. 2022-11-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-28
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-08-26
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    GARDINER, Jamie Hay Macleod appointed
    director
  8. 2022-06-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-05-31
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    SMITH, Bryce Miller resigned
    director
  10. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-24
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2020-09-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2020-09-01
    ➕
    GARDINER, Jamie Hay Macleod appointed
    secretary
  15. 2020-08-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Bryce resigned
    secretary
  16. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-01-04
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  20. 2016-10-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  21. 2016-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As REEKIE LTD
  22. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    GARDINER, Eric Hay Macleod appointed
    director
  23. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Bryce appointed
    secretary
  24. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Bryce Miller appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GARDINER, Jamie Hay Macleod (same surname) appointed 2022-08-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Hamilton Ross Holdings Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hamilton Ross Holdings Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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REEKIE LTD
This company · SC542442

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hamilton Ross Holdings Ltd.
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/08/2016
Mr Eric Hay Macleod Gardiner
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence10/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Bryce Miller Smithceased 31/05/2022· significant influence

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
Incorporated2016-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

171 St. Leonard Street
Lanark
Lanarkshire
ML11 7DZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GARDINER, Jamie Hay Macleod→
secretary · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARDINER, Eric Hay Macleod→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-08-10
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Active
GARDINER, Jamie Hay Macleod→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Bryce→
secretary · appointed 2016-08-10 · resigned 2020-08-31
Resigned
SMITH, Bryce Miller→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-08-10 · resigned 2022-05-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—24/10/2016—
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08