RTS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC086682 · ltd · incorporated 1984-02-14

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

02200SIC 02200
02400SIC 02400
68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

13 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 42.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 42.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (8 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

169 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £704,236

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Profit before tax	£704.2k	£1.37M
Average employees	5100	4500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 mortgage
• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 3 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-14
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Charge satisfied #11
2026-05-13
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-13
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Charge satisfied #10
2026-04-16
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mortgage · MR01
2026-04-13
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Charge registered #13
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2026-04-10
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HENRY, Desmond appointed
director
2026-04-10
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ROBINSON, Ian appointed
director
2026-04-10
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WALKER, Richard William appointed
director
2026-04-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-08
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-01-01
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WALKER, Richard William appointed
secretary
2025-10-01
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COLES, Michael Christopher appointed
director
2025-10-01
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PRINGLE, Alexander appointed
director
2025-10-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-30
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WILSON, Harry Cowan resigned
director
2025-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-21
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-21
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Charge satisfied #12
2024-06-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-27
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Charge satisfied #8
2023-10-27
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Charge satisfied #7
2023-10-27
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Charge satisfied #6
2023-10-27
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-10-16
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2023-10-16
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2023-10-12
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2023-02-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-09-30
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ROBBINS, Alan George resigned
director
2022-01-28
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Charge satisfied #9
2017-07-10
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ROBBINS, Heather Ann Scott resigned
secretary
2017-07-10
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ROBBINS, Heather Ann Scott resigned
director
2017-07-10
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Alan George Robbins (As Security Trustee)
2017-06-16
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-03-13
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2016-11-24
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Charge satisfied #4
2016-11-24
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Charge satisfied #3

Showing most recent 50 of 62 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Rts Forestry Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rts Forestry Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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RTS LIMITED

This company · SC086682

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rts Forestry Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	10/07/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alan George Robbinsceased 10/07/2017· 25-50% shares
Mrs Heather Ann Scott Robbinsceased 10/07/2017· 25-50% shares

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1984-02-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Earnside House

Muthill Road

Crieff

Perthshire

PH7 4DH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-19

Last: 2026-01-05