R B R TANNER LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC547494 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-11
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 7.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01420SIC 01420
  • 01450SIC 01450
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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, 3 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2025-10-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2018-06-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2018-04-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2016-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As R B R TANNER LIMITED
  15. 2016-10-11
    ➕
    TANNER, Niall Robert appointed
    director
  16. 2016-10-11
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    TANNER, Stewart Mcfarlane appointed
    director
  17. 2016-10-11
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

94/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TANNER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stewart Mcfarlane Tanner
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/10/2016
Mr Niall Robert Tanner
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control11/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Parkhill
Rattray
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH10 7HB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TANNER, Niall Robert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-10-11
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Active
TANNER, Stewart Mcfarlane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-10-11
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—01/06/201807/10/2025

Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-04