THE RUTLAND (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC247306 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£6.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,242,141

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6.2m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6.2m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.2m£2.5m£3.7m£5.0m£6.2mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£6.24M£6.24M
Current assets£6.24M£6.24M
Net assets£6.24M£6.24M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark resigned
    director
  3. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2025-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2018-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-04-30
    ➖
    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-12-23
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2013-07-18
    ➖
    GOOD, Graham resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-07-18
    ➕
    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-08-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2005-08-14
    ➖
    STEWART, Euan David James, Mr. resigned
    director
  23. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    GOOD, Graham appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-08-27
    ➖
    HISLOP, Mitchell resigned
    secretary
  25. 2003-07-07
    ➕
    STEWART, Euan David James, Mr. appointed
    director
  26. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    WOOD, Nicholas John Macrae appointed
    director
  27. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark appointed
    director
  28. 2003-04-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE RUTLAND (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
  29. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    GOOD, Graham appointed
    director
  30. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    HISLOP, Mitchell appointed
    secretary

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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Signature Pubs Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Signature Pubs Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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THE RUTLAND (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
This company · SC247306

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Signature Pubs Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Blenheim House
Fountainhall Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

GOOD, Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Nicholas John Macrae→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2013-07-18
Resigned
HISLOP, Mitchell→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2004-08-27
Resigned
MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-18 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
STEWART, Euan David James, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-07-07 · resigned 2005-08-14
Resigned
WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark→
director · ~48y · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2026-04-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property08/08/200623/12/2014

Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30