RSD COMMUNICATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC149501 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£154.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £154,366

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£154k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£124k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£31k£62k£93k£123k£154kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£154.4k£105.9k
Current assets£123.5k£89.8k
Net assets£154.4k£105.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-08-10
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  5. 2021-12-21
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  6. 2020-12-07
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  7. 2020-03-31
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  8. 2019-12-10
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  9. 2018-06-19
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  10. 2017-08-14
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  11. 2016-06-20
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  12. 2016-03-23
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  13. 2015-09-30
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  14. 2015-03-25
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  15. 2014-12-02
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  16. 2014-02-21
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    GARDNER, Robert Julian resigned
    director
  17. 1998-07-01
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    GARDNER, Robert Julian appointed
    director
  18. 1995-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 1994-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As RSD COMMUNICATIONS LTD
  20. 1994-03-09
    ➕
    ROSS, John Arthur appointed
    secretary
  21. 1994-03-09
    ➕
    MCGRORTY, Patrick appointed
    director
  22. 1994-03-09
    ➕
    ROSS, John Arthur appointed
    director
  23. 1994-03-09
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1994-03-09
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1994-03-09
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1994-03-09
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 Helen Ross
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Mcgrorty
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
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
Incorporated1994-03-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26120 — SIC 26120

Registered office

17 Fernbank
Stirling
FK9 5AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, John Arthur→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-09
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Active
MCGRORTY, Patrick→
director · ~60y · appointed 1994-03-09
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Active
ROSS, John Arthur→
director · ~61y · appointed 1994-03-09
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-03-09 · resigned 1994-03-09
Resigned
GARDNER, Robert Julian→
director · ~59y · appointed 1998-07-01 · resigned 2014-02-21
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-03-09 · resigned 1994-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property07/02/1995—
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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-10