55 DEGREES NORTH RTM COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08648996 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-08-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2013-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs 55 DEGREES NORTH RTM COMPANY LIMITED
- 2013-08-13➕BATE, Paul appointeddirector
- 2013-08-13➕HALL, Neil Richard appointeddirector
- 2013-08-13➕THORNTON, Gary Stewart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paul Bate Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Neil Richard Hall Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Gary Stewart Thornton Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2013-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
55 Degrees North Pilgrim Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6BJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
HALL, Neil Richard→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2013-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THORNTON, Gary Stewart→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2013-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (36 total)
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2026-05-27
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2025-09-03
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2025-05-28
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2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2024-05-20
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2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2023-06-13
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2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2022-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2021-09-24
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2021-09-24
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