RGKMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC261738 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-12
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 22.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
6 officers (4 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
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees42004200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-19
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  4. 2022-07-13
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  5. 2021-08-26
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  6. 2020-05-21
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  7. 2019-06-24
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  8. 2018-07-25
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  9. 2017-08-09
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  10. 2016-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-01-15
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  12. 2015-07-10
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  13. 2015-01-12
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  14. 2014-06-27
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  15. 2014-01-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-07-20
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    SMITH, Graham Nicholas appointed
    director
  17. 2004-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2004-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As RGKMS LIMITED
  19. 2004-01-12
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    SMITH, Kathleen Margaret appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-01-12
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    SMITH, Kathleen Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-12
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    SMITH, Robert Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-12
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    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-01-12
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    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-01-12
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    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-01-12
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    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Robert Graham Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Kathleen Margaret Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Mill Grahamshill
Kirkpatrick Fleming
Dumfries Galloway
Dumfriesshire
DG11 3BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Kathleen Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-12
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Active
SMITH, Graham Nicholas→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-07-20
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Active
SMITH, Kathleen Margaret→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-01-12
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Active
SMITH, Robert Graham→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-01-12
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Active
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-12 · resigned 2004-01-12
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-12 · resigned 2004-01-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property19/02/2004—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-22