RATESITE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC206000 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-07
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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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-04-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-04-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-10-14
    ➖
    DELLETT, Diane Margaret resigned
    secretary
  17. 2010-10-14
    ➖
    DELLETT, Lynsey Andrea resigned
    director
  18. 2010-10-14
    ➖
    DELLETT, Walter resigned
    director
  19. 2010-08-04
    ➕
    DIXON, Spencer appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-04
    ➕
    DIXON, Tanya Catherine appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-04
    ➕
    WATERS, Ruth appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-01
    ➕
    DELLETT, Lynsey Andrea appointed
    director
  23. 2000-05-03
    ➕
    DELLETT, Diane Margaret appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-05-03
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-05-03
    ➕
    DELLETT, Walter appointed
    director
  26. 2000-05-03
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2000-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As RATESITE LIMITED
  28. 2000-04-07
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-04-07
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Spencer Dixon
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

20 Vert Court Haldane Avenue
Haddington
East Lothian
EH41 3PX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DIXON, Spencer→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIXON, Tanya Catherine→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERS, Ruth→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DELLETT, Diane Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-03 · resigned 2010-10-14
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-07 · resigned 2000-05-03
Resigned
DELLETT, Lynsey Andrea→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-03-01 · resigned 2010-10-14
Resigned
DELLETT, Walter→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-05-03 · resigned 2010-10-14
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-07 · resigned 2000-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-13