ABOUT ROOFING LTD
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £769.3k | £845.9k |
| Current assets | £421.4k | £378.2k |
| Cash | £972 | £1.8k |
| Debtors | £384.5k | £340.4k |
| Net assets | £539.0k | £641.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-18➕RIVOLTA, Oliver Mark appointeddirector
- 2021-04-18➕STEVENSON, Gregory George appointeddirector
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-10-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-10-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ABOUT ROOFING LTD
- 2009-04-22➕RIVOLTA, Dale Brian appointeddirector
- 2009-04-22➕RIVOLTA, Jason Mark appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanGroup structure
B.D.J. Estates Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B.D.J. Estates Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 17/09/2019 |
Mr Jason Mark Rivolta Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Dale Brian Rivolta Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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