RHINOWASH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC272881 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-02

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£135.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £135,810

Cash YoY

+75%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£81k

↑ 75% YoY

Net Worth

£136k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Assets

£291k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£284.6k	£210.1k
Current assets	£290.8k	£242.6k
Cash	£81.3k	£46.5k
Debtors	£138.4k	£85.0k
Net assets	£135.8k	£107.2k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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capital · SH01
2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-02-24
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accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts · AA
2023-06-13
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accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts · AA
2019-06-08
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gazette · DISS40
2019-06-04
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gazette · GAZ1
2018-06-29
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accounts · AA
2017-03-27
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accounts · AA
2016-06-13
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accounts · AA
2004-09-28
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BURNS, Mark appointed
secretary
2004-09-28
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BURNS, John Paul appointed
director
2004-09-28
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BURNS, Mark appointed
director
2004-09-13
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2004-09-13
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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2004-09-02
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Company incorporated
As RHINOWASH LIMITED
2004-09-02
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-09-02
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Paul Burns Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Mr Mark Burns Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2004-09-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

149a Glasgow Road

Wishaw

Lanarkshire

ML2 7QJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURNS, Mark→

secretary · appointed 2004-09-28

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Active

BURNS, John Paul→

director · ~47y · appointed 2004-09-28

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Active

BURNS, Mark→

director · ~44y · appointed 2004-09-28

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-02 · resigned 2004-09-13

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-09-02 · resigned 2004-09-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-25

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2026-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-18