ROBESLEE CONCRETE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC044437 · ltd · incorporated 1967-03-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 46.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 46.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-05-23
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  3. 2024-05-09
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  4. 2023-06-26
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  5. 2022-06-01
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  6. 2021-04-12
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  7. 2020-02-05
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  8. 2019-02-12
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  9. 2018-02-01
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  10. 2017-04-13
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  11. 2017-04-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2017-04-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2017-04-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2017-04-05
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    Charge satisfied #3
  15. 2017-04-05
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2017-04-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2016-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-02-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 1999-01-28
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    BLACK, Steven Lloyd appointed
    director
  20. 1991-01-01
    ➕
    BLACK, Sylvia appointed
    director
  21. 1983-05-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank Limited
  22. 1979-11-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank Limited
  23. 1979-11-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank Limited
  24. 1967-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ROBESLEE CONCRETE COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arnold Shields Black
Individual · British · DOB 06/1938 · age 88
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest01/01/2017

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
Incorporated1967-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Robeslee Concrete Co Ltd Southbank Road
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
G66 1UB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

BLACK, Arnold Shields→
secretary
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Active
BLACK, Arnold Shields→
director · ~88y
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Active
BLACK, Nicholas Howard→
director · ~61y
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Active
BLACK, Steven Lloyd→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-01-28
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Active
BLACK, Sylvia→
director · ~85y · appointed 1991-01-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank Limited
Standard security1 property30/05/198305/04/2017
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank Limited
Standard security1 property12/11/197905/04/2017
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank Limited
Floating charge1 property05/11/197905/04/2017

Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-12