RENFREWSHIRE RADIO TAXIS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC170535 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-10
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£136.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
76 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £136,934
Cash YoY
+507%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£96k
↑ 507% YoY
Net Worth
£137k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£156k
↑ 71% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£63k£94k£125k£156kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£136.9k£87.9k
Current assets£156.3k£91.2k
Cash£96.2k£15.9k
Debtors£16.8k£72.5k
Net assets£136.9k£87.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-20
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2017-07-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-01
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    GATLEY, Josephine resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-12-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-06-01
    ➕
    GATLEY, Jared appointed
    director
  17. 2015-12-10
    ➖
    GATLEY, Thomas Francis resigned
    director
  18. 2008-02-01
    ➖
    BISSET, John Robinson resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-02-01
    ➖
    BISSET, John Robinson resigned
    director
  20. 2008-02-01
    ➕
    GATLEY, Thomas Francis appointed
    director
  21. 1998-11-29
    ➕
    BISSET, John Robinson appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-11-29
    ➕
    BISSET, John Robinson appointed
    director
  23. 1998-11-29
    ➖
    GATLEY, Thomas Francis resigned
    director
  24. 1996-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As RENFREWSHIRE RADIO TAXIS LIMITED
  25. 1996-12-10
    ➕
    GATLEY, Josephine appointed
    director
  26. 1996-12-10
    ➕
    GATLEY, Josephine appointed
    secretary
  27. 1996-12-10
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-12-10
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-12-10
    ➕
    GATLEY, Thomas Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jared Gatley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2017
Mrs Josephine Gatley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control10/12/2016

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
Incorporated1996-12-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

6 Auchengreoch Avenue
Johnstone
Renfrewshire
PA5 0RJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

GATLEY, Jared→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GATLEY, Josephine→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BISSET, John Robinson→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-29 · resigned 2008-02-01
Resigned
GATLEY, Josephine→
secretary · appointed 1996-12-10 · resigned 2017-06-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-10 · resigned 1996-12-10
Resigned
BISSET, John Robinson→
director · ~111y · appointed 1998-11-29 · resigned 2008-02-01
Resigned
GATLEY, Thomas Francis→
director · ~86y · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2015-12-10
Resigned
GATLEY, Thomas Francis→
director · ~86y · appointed 1996-12-10 · resigned 1998-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-11