ORMEROD RUTTER PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03753140 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2020-01-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-10-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-05-01
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    MIDDLETON, Anthony John resigned
    director
  17. 2014-05-01
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    MCGRORY, Nicole appointed
    director
  18. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    MIDDLETON, Anthony John appointed
    director
  19. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    ORMEROD, Peter Steven resigned
    director
  20. 2008-07-16
    ➕
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-07-16
    ➖
    HULLEY, Janet Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-07-16
    ➖
    HULLEY, Robert John resigned
    director
  23. 2008-07-16
    ➕
    ORMEROD, Peter Steven appointed
    director
  24. 1999-10-09
    ➕
    HULLEY, Janet Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-10-09
    ➖
    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1999-10-09
    ➕
    HULLEY, Robert John appointed
    director
  27. 1999-07-21
    ➖
    COLLIE, Sheila Ann resigned
    secretary
  28. 1999-07-21
    ➕
    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1999-07-21
    ➖
    COLLIE, Stephen Michael resigned
    director
  30. 1999-05-01
    ➕
    COLLIE, Sheila Ann appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-05-01
    ➖
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1999-05-01
    ➕
    COLLIE, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  33. 1999-05-01
    ➖
    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  34. 1999-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ORMEROD RUTTER PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES LIMITED
  35. 1999-04-15
    ➕
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 1999-04-15
    ➕
    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Group structure

Ormerod Rutter Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ormerod Rutter Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ORMEROD RUTTER PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 03753140

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ormerod Rutter Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/04/2016
Mrs Nicole Mcgrory
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
——board controlboard control15/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGRORY, Nicole→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLIE, Sheila Ann→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-01 · resigned 1999-07-21
Resigned
HULLEY, Janet Anne→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-09 · resigned 2008-07-16
Resigned
OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-07-21 · resigned 1999-10-09
Resigned
OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-04-15 · resigned 1999-05-01
Resigned
COLLIE, Stephen Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-05-01 · resigned 1999-07-21
Resigned
HULLEY, Robert John→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-10-09 · resigned 2008-07-16
Resigned
MIDDLETON, Anthony John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-04-01 · resigned 2016-05-01
Resigned
ORMEROD, Peter Steven→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-07-16 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-04-15 · resigned 1999-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-01-14