R B YOUNG & SON LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC604626 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-07
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 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£148.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01500SIC 01500
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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 7.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.6 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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 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 £148,169

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£97k
Net Worth
£148k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£59k£89k£119k£148kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£96.7k—
Net assets£148.2k—
Average employees—300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-18
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-11-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-10-11
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2018-10-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2018-09-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-09-05
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    YOUNG, Hugh appointed
    director
  17. 2018-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As R B YOUNG & SON LTD
  18. 2018-08-07
    ➕
    YOUNG, Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2018-08-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "YOUNG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 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 69. 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hugh Young
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/09/2018
May Young
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/09/2018
Robert Young
Individual · British · DOB 03/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/08/2018

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
Incorporated2018-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

West Park Farm
.
Ayr
KA6 6LR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

YOUNG, Hugh→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-09-05
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Active
YOUNG, Robert→
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-08-07
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—09/10/2018—
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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28