REBARMAT (UK) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC813760 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-17
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Bankability: 65 → 70
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Bankability: 6570
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23610
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As REBARMAT (UK) LIMITED
  5. 2024-06-17
    SKENE, Ian William appointed
    director
  6. 2024-06-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian William Skene
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC23610 — SIC 23610

Registered office

7b Urquhart Road 7 B Urquhart Road
Oldmeldrum
Inverurie
AB51 0EX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SKENE, Ian William
director · ~73y · appointed 2024-06-17
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Recent filings (5 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-17