RBA JOINERY AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC768546 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-08
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
52/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 52/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
52/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-05-17
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-04-08
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2023-05-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RBA JOINERY AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LTD
  5. 2023-05-08
    REID, Louise Susan appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-08
    REID, Paul Alexander appointed
    director
  7. 2023-05-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-02-08

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-05-21

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Alexander Reid
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control08/05/2023
Mrs Louise Susan Reid
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

5 Johnston Street
Laurencekirk
AB30 1AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-02-08OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-05-21OVERDUE
Last: 2024-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

REID, Louise Susan
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-05-08
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REID, Paul Alexander
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-05-08
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Recent filings (5 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-08