ROCK VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC221187 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-12
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
£5.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
63 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 £5,368
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,071 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£5.4k£6.4k
Current assets£12.2k£9.4k
Net assets£5.4k£6.4k

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
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Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-11-24
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    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-11-24
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    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-11-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-08-27
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  6. 2024-05-06
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  7. 2023-09-26
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  8. 2022-09-28
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  9. 2021-12-06
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  10. 2020-12-16
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  11. 2019-09-27
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  12. 2018-09-27
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  13. 2017-09-18
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  14. 2016-09-30
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  15. 2016-03-31
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    capital · SH02
  16. 2001-10-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Victoria Christie appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-10-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON, John Crawford appointed
    director
  18. 2001-10-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Victoria Christie appointed
    director
  19. 2001-10-25
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Morinne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-10-25
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Morinne resigned
    nominee-director
  21. 2001-10-25
    ➖
    WEIR, Caroline Jean resigned
    director
  22. 2001-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ROCK VENTURES LIMITED
  23. 2001-07-12
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Morinne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-12
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Morinne appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 2001-07-12
    ➕
    WEIR, Caroline Jean 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 John Crawford Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Old Third
Tullibardine
Auchterarder
PH13 1NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, Victoria Christie→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-25
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Active
ANDERSON, John Crawford→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-10-25
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Active
ANDERSON, Victoria Christie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Morinne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2001-10-25
Resigned
MACDONALD, Morinne→
nominee-director · ~70y · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2001-10-25
Resigned
WEIR, Caroline Jean→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2001-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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capital · SH10
2025-11-24
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capital · SH08
2025-11-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16