ROTECH HOLDINGS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC148822 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-07

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 32.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£453.6k

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.1y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 32.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (7 active, 20 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

159 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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £1,766,207

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 202% YoY

Turnover YoY

+202%

Year on year

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£453.6k	£150.0k
Gross profit	£453.6k	£150.0k
Operating profit	£415.2k	£159.2k
Profit before tax	£1.77M	£161.4k
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
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officers · AP01
2024-09-01
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STEWART, Kenneth Masson appointed
director
2024-03-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-15
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CARGILL, Kevin appointed
director
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-08-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-07-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-20
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AITKEN, Steven George resigned
director
2018-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-02-12
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2018-02-02
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2016-09-08
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STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2016-09-08
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BELL, George Somerville resigned
secretary
2016-09-08
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BELL, George Somerville resigned
director
2016-09-08
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STEWART, Kenneth Roderick resigned
director
2016-06-24
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COCHRANE, Stephen Graham appointed
director
2016-06-24
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GRAHAM, Martin Henry appointed
director
2016-06-24
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HILL, Michael Colin appointed
director
2016-06-24
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AITKEN, Steven George appointed
director
2016-06-24
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STEWART, Rachel Smith resigned
director
2016-06-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Kenneth Roderick Stewart (As Security Trustee)
2016-06-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Kenneth Roderick Stewart (As Security Trustee)
2011-12-07
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MACPHERSON, Dugald resigned
director
2011-12-07
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VAN DRENTHAM-SUSMAN, Hector Filippus Alexander, Dr resigned
director
2011-11-24
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BELL, George Somerville appointed
director
2011-11-24
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STEWART, Rachel Smith appointed
director
2011-08-02
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STEWART, Donald appointed
director
2005-11-24
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STEWART, Kenneth Roderick resigned
secretary
2005-11-23
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BELL, George Somerville appointed
secretary
2000-02-01
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STEWART, Kenneth Roderick appointed
secretary
2000-01-31
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MCGREGOR, Helen Jane resigned
secretary
1999-01-06
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-12-02
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MCGREGOR, Helen Jane appointed
secretary
1998-12-02
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STEWART, Kenneth Roderick resigned
secretary
1997-09-12
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STEWART, Kenneth Roderick appointed
secretary
1997-09-12
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THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
corporate-secretary
1994-03-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1994-02-21
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MACPHERSON, Dugald appointed
director
1994-02-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-02-18
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THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
corporate-secretary
1994-02-18
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STEWART, Kenneth Roderick appointed
director
1994-02-18
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VAN DRENTHAM-SUSMAN, Hector Filippus Alexander, Dr appointed
director

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Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

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

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Rotech International Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ROTECH HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · SC148822

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
Rotech International Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/06/2016

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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Rotech House, Whitemyres Avenue

Mastrick Industrial Estate

Aberdeen

AB16 6HQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07