MOORBURN INDUSTRIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC291261 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-04
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£10.84M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.1y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
57 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £10,836,645
Cash draining
Cash down 44% YoY
Cash YoY
-44%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.9m
↓ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£11m
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£4.1m
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £10.84M | £10.35M |
| Current assets | £4.10M | £6.05M |
| Cash | £1.94M | £3.44M |
| Debtors | £2.00M | £2.42M |
| Net assets | £10.84M | £10.35M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-04-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-03-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-04-05➕BANKIER, Imogen Ann appointeddirector
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2015-09-01➕ANDRERSON-BANKIER, Helen Jean Mathieson appointeddirector
- 2013-03-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2008-10-30➖GLENKEIR WHISKIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2005-10-04🏢Company incorporatedAs MOORBURN INDUSTRIES LIMITED
- 2005-10-04➕BANKIER, Ian Patrick appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-04➕BANKIER, Ian Patrick appointeddirector
- 2005-10-04➕GLENKEIR WHISKIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Imogen Ann Bankier Individual · British · DOB 11/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/03/2022 |
Mr Ian Patrick Bankier Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Moorburn
The Lake
Kirkcudbright
DG6 4XL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
BANKIER, Ian Patrick→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDRERSON-BANKIER, Helen Jean Mathieson→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-09-01
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BANKIER, Ian Patrick→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2005-10-04
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BANKIER, Imogen Ann→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2018-04-05
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GLENKEIR WHISKIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2008-10-30
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/08/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Mortgage of securities | 1 property | 01/03/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12