RIVIERA RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09467789 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-03
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£209.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
29 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £209,301
Net assets shrinking
Down £53,319 YoY
Cash YoY
+159%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↑ 159% YoY
Net Worth
£209k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£53k£105k£158k£210k£263kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Cash£58.1k£22.4k
Net assets£209.3k£262.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2025-04-16
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  3. 2025-04-16
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    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-04-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-04-16
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    capital · SH08
  6. 2024-11-29
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  7. 2023-12-01
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  8. 2022-11-18
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  9. 2021-11-26
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  10. 2021-03-05
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  11. 2021-03-05
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  12. 2020-11-05
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  13. 2019-09-24
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  14. 2018-08-20
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  15. 2017-11-14
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  16. 2015-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As RIVIERA RENEWABLES LIMITED
  17. 2015-03-03
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    SIMMONS, Suzanne Claire appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-03-03
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    SIMMONS, David John appointed
    director
  19. 2015-03-03
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    SIMMONS, Suzanne Claire appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Suzanne Claire Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David John Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Higher Trevaskis Farm 14 Gwinear Road
Connor Downs
Hayle
Cornwall
TR27 5JQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SIMMONS, Suzanne Claire→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-03
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Active
SIMMONS, David John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-03
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Active
SIMMONS, Suzanne Claire→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-03
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-04-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29