RJ FIXINGS (MIDLANDS) LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC566816 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-23

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£65.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46730

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £65,926

Cash draining

Cash down 41% YoY

Cash YoY

-41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£58k

↓ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£66k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£107k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£66.8k	£70.3k
Current assets	£107.0k	£150.7k
Cash	£58.0k	£98.8k
Debtors	£49.0k	£51.9k
Net assets	£65.9k	£59.4k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2025-01-21
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accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-14
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officers · TM01
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-11-30
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JOHNSON, Nicholas Simon resigned
director
2019-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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accounts · AA01
2018-06-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-06-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-08-25
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officers · AP03
2017-08-25
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officers · AP01
2017-08-25
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officers · AP01
2017-08-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-08-15
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SHAW, Christopher John appointed
secretary
2017-08-15
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MALLON, John Ward appointed
director
2017-08-15
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O'BOYLE, Sean Patrick appointed
director
2017-08-15
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JOHNSON, Nicholas Simon appointed
director
2017-08-15
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SHAW, Christopher John resigned
director
2017-05-23
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Company incorporated
As RJ FIXINGS (MIDLANDS) LTD
2017-05-23
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SHAW, Christopher John appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Ward Mallon Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/05/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Christopher John Shawceased 30/04/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2017-05-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

36c Inchmuir Road

Bathgate

West Lothian

EH48 2EP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SHAW, Christopher John→

secretary · appointed 2017-08-15

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Active

MALLON, John Ward→

director · ~64y · appointed 2017-08-15

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Active

O'BOYLE, Sean Patrick→

director · ~60y · appointed 2017-08-15

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Active

JOHNSON, Nicholas Simon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-08-15 · resigned 2019-11-30

Resigned

SHAW, Christopher John→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-05-23 · resigned 2017-08-15

Resigned

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