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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · PSC count: 2 → 3
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑PSC count: 2 → 3
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£30k£60k£90k£121k£151kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
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.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  2. 2026-05-21
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  3. 2026-05-05
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  4. 2026-05-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-12-02
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  6. 2025-01-21
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  7. 2023-10-24
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  8. 2023-01-26
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  9. 2022-01-26
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  10. 2021-04-19
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  11. 2020-04-14
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  12. 2020-01-29
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  13. 2019-11-30
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    JOHNSON, Nicholas Simon resigned
    director
  14. 2019-02-19
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  15. 2019-01-29
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  16. 2018-06-25
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  17. 2018-06-25
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  18. 2017-08-15
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    SHAW, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2017-08-15
    ➕
    MALLON, John Ward appointed
    director
  20. 2017-08-15
    ➕
    O'BOYLE, Sean Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2017-08-15
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Nicholas Simon appointed
    director
  22. 2017-08-15
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    SHAW, Christopher John resigned
    director
  23. 2017-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As RJ FIXINGS (MIDLANDS) LTD
  24. 2017-05-23
    ➕
    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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Patrick O'Boyle
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/06/2018
Mr John Ward Mallon
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2018
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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALLON, John Ward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'BOYLE, Sean Patrick→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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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Recent filings (31 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19