R & M GEORGE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC271720 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed dormant / non-trading — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
48 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,125
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£198
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£5k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£198
↑ 104% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k-£4k-£3k-£2k-£867£198Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-5.1k£-5.1k
Current assets£198£-5.1k
Cash£198£198
Debtors—£-5.3k
Net assets£-5.1k£-5.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-09-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As R & M GEORGE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  17. 2004-08-06
    ➕
    GEORGE, Maria appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-08-06
    ➕
    GEORGE, Maria appointed
    director
  19. 2004-08-06
    ➕
    GEORGE, Rodney appointed
    director
  20. 2004-08-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-08-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GEORGE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 87 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maria George
Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—board control25-50% shares · board control06/04/2016
Mr Rodney George
Individual · British · DOB 03/1939 · age 87
25–50%
—board control25-50% shares · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Sunart Sea Farm
Salen
Acharacle
PH36 4JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GEORGE, Maria→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-06
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Active
GEORGE, Maria→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-08-06
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Active
GEORGE, Rodney→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-08-06
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-06 · resigned 2004-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-07