DAVID RENTON & SONS (2000) LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC202888 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.81M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,809,171
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,317 YoY
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£674k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£928k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£370k£741k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.87M£1.91M
Current assets£928.5k£807.5k
Cash£674.3k£572.6k
Debtors£247.2k£227.9k
Net assets£1.81M£1.85M

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-09
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  3. 2023-12-07
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  4. 2022-09-20
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  5. 2021-11-15
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  6. 2021-03-26
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-11
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  9. 2018-01-24
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  10. 2018-01-24
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  11. 2017-12-15
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  12. 2017-07-07
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-05-31
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    RENTON, David resigned
    director
  14. 2016-11-28
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  15. 2016-02-02
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  16. 2015-12-10
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  17. 2004-11-22
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    HARDIE, Heather appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-11-22
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    RENTON, Peter resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVID RENTON & SONS (2000) LTD.
  20. 2000-01-11
    ➕
    RENTON, Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2000-01-11
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    RENTON, Peter appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-01-11
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-01-11
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-01-11
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    RENTON, David appointed
    director
  25. 2000-01-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2000-01-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RENTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Renton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/05/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Rentonceased 24/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2000-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Marchmont Station
Greenlaw
Duns
TD10 6YL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HARDIE, Heather→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENTON, Peter→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-01-11
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Active
RENTON, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-11 · resigned 2004-11-22
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-11 · resigned 2000-01-11
Resigned
RENTON, David→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-01-11 · resigned 2017-05-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-01-11 · resigned 2000-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-14