R & S RENDALL PROPERTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC248002 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£826.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -60% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.5y

35/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £826,288
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,812 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 60% YoY
Cash YoY
-60%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↓ 60% YoY
Net Worth
£826k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£416k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£168k£336k£503k£671k£839kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.06M£1.09M
Current assets£416.1k£528.1k
Cash£29.1k£72.2k
Debtors£387.1k£455.9k
Net assets£826.3k£839.1k

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

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3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-09
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-10-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Scottish Ministers
  8. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-22
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-04-22
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  17. 2016-04-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2014-03-24
    CROY, Ian Rodney resigned
    director
  19. 2003-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As R & S RENDALL PROPERTY LIMITED
  20. 2003-04-17
    RENDALL, Raymond Sinclair appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-17
    RENDALL, Raymond Sinclair appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-17
    RENDALL, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  23. 2003-04-17
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-17
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-04-17
    CROY, Ian Rodney appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RENDALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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 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
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Rendall
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
2550%
25-50% shares17/04/2016
Mr Raymond Sinclair Rendall
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
2550%
25-50% shares17/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

8 Grainshore Drive, Hatston
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1TF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-03
Last: 2025-04-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RENDALL, Raymond Sinclair
secretary · appointed 2003-04-17
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Active
RENDALL, Raymond Sinclair
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-04-17
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Active
RENDALL, Susan Elizabeth
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-17
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2003-04-17
Resigned
CROY, Ian Rodney
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2014-03-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Scottish Ministers
A registered charge2 properties10/10/2022
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Recent filings (60 total)

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2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-31