RIGHT2USE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC228356 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-21
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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  3. 2024-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-04-30
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    SCHNIDER, Morag resigned
    director
  17. 2003-05-20
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    SCHNIDER, Morag appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-05-20
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    SCHNIDER, Anton appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-20
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    WILSON, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-02-11
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    SCHNIDER, Morag resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-02-11
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    WILSON, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-11
    ➖
    SCHNIDER, Anton resigned
    director
  23. 2003-02-10
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    SCHNIDER, Morag appointed
    director
  24. 2002-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As RIGHT2USE LIMITED
  25. 2002-02-21
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    SCHNIDER, Morag appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-02-21
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-02-21
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    SCHNIDER, Anton appointed
    director
  29. 2002-02-21
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-02-21
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Anton Schnider
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Morag Schniderceased 01/08/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2002-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

7 Alloway Place
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA7 2AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

SCHNIDER, Morag→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHNIDER, Anton→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHNIDER, Morag→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned
WILSON, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2002-02-21
Resigned
SCHNIDER, Anton→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned
SCHNIDER, Morag→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2002-02-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-19