RTB PRIVATE EQUITY LTD

💤Zombieactive
08388533 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-05
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£11.52M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,520,948
Net assets shrinking
Down £320,000 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£12m
↓ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£2.4m£4.7m£7.1m£9.5m£12mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Net assets£11.52M£11.84M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-15
    WELLS, Stephen Christopher resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-28
    DORRILL, Mark resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-11-28
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-09-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-09-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2022-09-06
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2022-09-02
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2022-04-02
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  14. 2022-04-02
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2022-02-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-07-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2013-02-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RTB PRIVATE EQUITY LTD
  22. 2013-02-05
    WELLS, Ann Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2013-02-05
    DORRILL, Mark appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-02-05
    WELLS, Stephen Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Christopher Wells
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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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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
Incorporated2013-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The New Works
Roughmoor Industrial Estate
Williton
Somerset
TA4 4RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WELLS, Ann Mary
director · ~40y · appointed 2013-02-05
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Active
DORRILL, Mark
secretary · appointed 2013-02-05 · resigned 2022-11-28
Resigned
WELLS, Stephen Christopher
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-02-05 · resigned 2026-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-09-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-04-02