RAMSAY'S TRANSPORT LIMITED

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SC222695 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-30

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.81M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38110

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,811,263

Cash YoY

-10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.6m

↓ 10% YoY

Net Worth

£5.8m

↑ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£5.2m

↑ 58% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.81M	£5.72M
Current assets	£5.21M	£3.30M
Cash	£1.64M	£1.82M
Debtors	£3.57M	£1.47M
Net assets	£5.81M	£5.72M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-21
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2001-08-30
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Company incorporated
As RAMSAY'S TRANSPORT LIMITED
2001-08-30
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MCBAIN, Elizabeth Ann Mary appointed
secretary
2001-08-30
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MCBAIN, Elizabeth Ann Mary appointed
director
2001-08-30
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MCBAIN, Ramsay appointed
director
2001-08-30
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-30
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-08-30
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-08-30
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+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 63. 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ramsay Mcbain Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Mary Mcbain Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-08-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

40/42 Brantwood Avenue

Dundee

Tayside

DD3 6EW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCBAIN, Elizabeth Ann Mary→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-30

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MCBAIN, Elizabeth Ann Mary→

director · ~62y · appointed 2001-08-30

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MCBAIN, Ramsay→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-08-30

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Active

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-08-30

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-08-30

Resigned

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