REBELLION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC120259 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-19
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
113 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-06
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  5. 2024-12-06
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  6. 2024-12-06
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  7. 2024-10-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-10-21
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  9. 2024-10-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-03-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2010-04-23
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    KINGSLEY, Christopher Ross appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-04-23
    ➖
    O'BRIEN, John Joseph resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-01-02
    ➖
    KINGSLEY, Jonathan Jason resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-01-02
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, John Joseph appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-11-13
    ➕
    KINGSLEY, Christopher Ross appointed
    director
  24. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    KINGSLEY, Jonathon Jason appointed
    director
  25. 1998-06-01
    ➖
    FITZPATRICK, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  26. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    KINGSLEY, Jonathan Jason appointed
    secretary
  27. 1998-06-01
    ➖
    FITZPATRICK, Gerard resigned
    director
  28. 1989-09-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As REBELLION LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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.)

Group structure

Rebellion Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rebellion Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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REBELLION LIMITED
This company · SC120259

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rebellion Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/04/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Rebellion Games Holdings Ltdceased 10/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Rebellion Publishing Holdings Ltdceased 04/09/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1989-09-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

27 Lauriston Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

KINGSLEY, Christopher Ross→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINGSLEY, Christopher Ross→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINGSLEY, Jonathon Jason→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FITZPATRICK, Kathleen→
secretary · resigned 1998-06-01
Resigned
KINGSLEY, Jonathan Jason→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2002-01-02
Resigned
O'BRIEN, John Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-02 · resigned 2010-04-23
Resigned
FITZPATRICK, Gerard→
director · ~65y · resigned 1998-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (113 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-12-06
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-12-06
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-12-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-21
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30