RENNIE MEIKLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC206552 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-25
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£436.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £436,497

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£436k
Current Assets
£592k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£118k£237k£355k£474k£592kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£436.5k—
Current assets£592.3k—
Net assets£436.5k—
Average employees—0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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  3. 2025-12-03
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  4. 2025-12-03
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  5. 2025-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-12
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    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-12
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2023-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-12-12
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-12-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-12-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2023-12-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2023-05-02
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-07-04
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    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2022-07-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2022-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-10-27
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-10-19
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    CURRY, Finn Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2021-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2021-06-11
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    BURGON, John Murray Walker resigned
    director
  23. 2021-06-11
    ➖
    HUME, John Hamilton resigned
    director
  24. 2016-04-06
    ➖
    BLAIR, John Woodman resigned
    director
  25. 2007-11-26
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    AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-11-26
    ➖
    ANDERSON STRATHERN resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-05-26
    ➖
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    BURGON, John Murray Walker appointed
    director
  29. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    HUME, John Hamilton appointed
    director
  30. 2000-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Partners & Trustees for Firm of Hamilton Farmers (East Lothian)
  31. 2000-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As RENNIE MEIKLE LIMITED
  32. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    STEPHEN, Patricia appointed
    director
  33. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON STRATHERN appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    BLAIR, John Woodman appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Patricia Stephen
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting17/04/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alexander David Gunnceased 14/11/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest
  • Mr John Hamilton Humeceased 14/11/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest

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
Incorporated2000-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

C/O Anderson Strathern Llp
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRY, Finn Stephen→
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-10-19
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Active
STEPHEN, Patricia→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-04-25
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Active
ANDERSON STRATHERN→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2007-11-26
Resigned
ANDERSON STRATHERN WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2004-05-26
Resigned
BLAIR, John Woodman→
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2016-04-06
Resigned
BURGON, John Murray Walker→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2021-06-11
Resigned
HUME, John Hamilton→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2021-06-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Partners & Trustees for Firm of Hamilton Farmers (East Lothian)
Standard security1 property21/06/200004/07/2022

Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12