A & R MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & RECOVERY SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC621023 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 46140SIC 46140
  • 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.8y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£70k£140k£210k£280k£350kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets—£519.7k
Current assets—£350.1k
Cash—£150
Debtors—£166.6k
Net assets—£175.8k
Average employees900—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-07-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-07-01
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Marelle Diana appointed
    director
  6. 2025-07-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Jacqueline Jamie appointed
    director
  7. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-08-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  12. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2020-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-07-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2019-07-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  19. 2019-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A & R MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & RECOVERY SERVICES LTD
  20. 2019-02-12
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, David appointed
    director
  21. 2019-02-12
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2019-02-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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
Mr Mark Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/02/2019
Mr David Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/02/2019

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
Incorporated2019-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Main Street
Castletown
Thurso
Caithness
KW14 8TU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ALEXANDER, David→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-02-12
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Active
ALEXANDER, Marelle Diana→
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-07-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Jacqueline Jamie→
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-07-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Mark→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-02-12
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/08/2021—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—03/07/2019—
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15