ROBERT POTTER AND PARTNERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC763699 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees181900

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2023-04-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-03-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2023-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-03-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ROBERT POTTER AND PARTNERS LTD
  9. 2023-03-27
    BODELL, Douglas Gordon appointed
    director
  10. 2023-03-27
    CLARK, Andrew William appointed
    director
  11. 2023-03-27
    EASTON, Andrew Macdonald appointed
    director
  12. 2023-03-27
    MOFFAT, Paul William appointed
    director
  13. 2023-03-27
    POTTER, Robert Jonathan appointed
    director
  14. 2023-03-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "POTTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

7 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

BODELL, Douglas Gordon
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-03-27
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Active
CLARK, Andrew William
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-03-27
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Active
EASTON, Andrew Macdonald
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-03-27
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Active
MOFFAT, Paul William
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-03-27
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Active
POTTER, Robert Jonathan
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-03-27
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-04-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-03-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-27