RED RHINO INTERACTIVE LTD

💤Zombieactive
NI043777 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-02
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£61.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (76/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,826
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,236 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£62k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£51k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£28k£43k£57k£71kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£61.8k£71.1k
Current assets£50.7k£44.1k
Net assets£61.8k£71.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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
  1. 2026-03-05
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  2. 2025-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-24
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  4. 2025-11-24
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  5. 2025-11-24
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  6. 2025-11-24
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  7. 2025-02-28
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  8. 2024-03-12
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  9. 2023-08-08
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  10. 2023-08-02
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    address · AD01
  11. 2023-08-02
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  12. 2023-02-17
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  13. 2022-01-07
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  14. 2021-01-15
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  15. 2020-01-27
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  16. 2019-01-31
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  17. 2018-02-02
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  18. 2002-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As RED RHINO INTERACTIVE LTD
  19. 2002-08-02
    ➕
    KENNY, Pauline appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-08-02
    ➕
    KENNY, William Robert appointed
    director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 24 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Pauline Mary Rebecca Kenny
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/08/2016
Mr William Robert Kenny
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-02
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

46 Hill Street
Belfast
BT1 2LB
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KENNY, Pauline→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-02
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Active
KENNY, William Robert→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-08-02
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Active

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Recent filings (63 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-17