RED INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
FC027102 · oversea-company · incorporated 2003-09-18
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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: low (45/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
4 filings
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
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Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2007-01-02
    ✏️
    legacy
    change-of-name · 694(4)(a)
  2. 2006-10-24
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  3. 2006-10-24
    MOHAN, Thomas appointed
    director
  4. 2006-10-24
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · BR1-PAR
  5. 2006-10-24
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · BR1-BCH
  6. 2006-10-24
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · BR1
  7. 2003-09-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RED INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 23 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2003-09-18
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC

Registered office

Kleinwort Benson
(Channel Islands) Ltd
Po Box 76 Wests Centre
St Helier, Jersey
JE4 8PQ
Channel Islands

Filing status

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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-24
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MOHAN, Thomas
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-10-24
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Recent filings (4 total)

legacy
change-of-name · 694(4)(a)
2007-01-02
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
2006-10-24
legacy
incorporation · BR1-BCH
2006-10-24
legacy
incorporation · BR1
2006-10-24