REYNOLDS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 24.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 24.7y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.7 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 (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £441.9k | £435.7k |
| Current assets | £121.6k | £108.6k |
| Net assets | £434.8k | £428.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26➕REYNOLDS, Janet Gibson appointeddirector
- 2023-09-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-01-31➖CHALMERS, William resigneddirector
- 2001-12-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-09-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-03-06➕CHALMERS, William appointeddirector
- 2000-03-03➕REYNOLDS, Janet Gibson appointedsecretary
- 2000-03-03➕REYNOLDS, William Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2000-03-03➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-03-03➖JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs REYNOLDS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
- 2000-02-17➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-02-17➕JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "REYNOLDS" — 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 89 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Sinclair Reynolds Individual · British · DOB 11/1937 · age 89 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 17/12/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 11/09/2001 | — |