RIDDELL PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC266988 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£70

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £70

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£70

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£70	£70
Net assets	£70	£70

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2005-06-08
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FARRIES, KIRK & MCVEAN, -, Messrs appointed
secretary
2005-06-08
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TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-05-03
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DALRYMPLE, Harriet Lucy Roden, The Honourable appointed
director
2004-05-03
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DALRYMPLE, Michael Colin, The Honourable appointed
director
2004-05-03
➖
BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-03
➕
TURCAN CONNELL WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-05-03
➖
BLP CREATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-05-03
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BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-26
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Company incorporated
As RIDDELL PROPERTIES LIMITED
2004-04-26
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BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-26
➕
BLP CREATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-26
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BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 64. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Honourable Michael Colin Dalrymple Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-04-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Farries Kirk & Mcvean

Dumfries Enterprise Park

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3SJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

FARRIES, KIRK & MCVEAN, -, Messrs→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-08

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Active

DALRYMPLE, Harriet Lucy Roden, The Honourable→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-05-03

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Active

DALRYMPLE, Michael Colin, The Honourable→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-05-03

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Active

BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-03

Resigned

TURCAN CONNELL WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2005-06-08

Resigned

BLP CREATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-03

Resigned

BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-03

Resigned

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