16 BALGOWAN STREET RTM COMPANY LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-listannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-listannual-return · AR01
- 2011-01-01➕ADELEYE, Titilola appointedsecretary
- 2011-01-01➖URBAN OWNERS LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-08-18🏢Company incorporatedAs 16 BALGOWAN STREET RTM COMPANY LIMITED
- 2010-08-18➕ADELEYE, Oladotun Adebola appointeddirector
- 2010-08-18➕URBAN OWNERS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Oladotun Adebola Adeleye Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | — | — | 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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