ROWANLANE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC241345 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-18
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-18

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-03-05
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    MCKAY, Michael resigned
    director
  17. 2003-01-06
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    RYAN, Alistair Joseph appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-01-06
    ➕
    RYAN, Alistair Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2003-01-06
    ➕
    RYAN, Shirley Janet Wright appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-06
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-01-06
    ➕
    MCKAY, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-06
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ROWANLANE LIMITED
  24. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Joseph Ryan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Shirley Janet Wright Ryan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

5 Ferniehill Road
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH17 7AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-18
Last made up to: 2025-12-18
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RYAN, Alistair Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-06
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Active
RYAN, Alistair Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-01-06
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Active
RYAN, Shirley Janet Wright→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2003-01-06
Resigned
MCKAY, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-01-06 · resigned 2003-03-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2003-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-18