ROYALE GROUND TRANSPORTATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC292060 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-21

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£42.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.9y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £42,143

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£42k

↑ 1.8% YoY

Current Assets

£26k

↑ 611% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£42.1k	£41.4k
Current assets	£26.5k	£3.7k
Net assets	£42.1k	£41.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2022-12-29
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2021-12-31
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2021-03-12
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2019-12-18
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2018-12-13
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2017-12-22
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2016-12-30
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2015-12-29
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accounts · AA
2015-12-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-08
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-26
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annual-return · AR01
2011-06-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2005-10-21
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Company incorporated
As ROYALE GROUND TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
2005-10-21
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MCLEAN, Angela appointed
secretary
2005-10-21
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FOTHERINGHAM, James appointed
director
2005-10-21
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PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-10-21
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PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-10-21
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PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES(UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-10-21
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PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES(UK) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr James Fotheringham Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-10-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Robson Forth Ltd Ca

3 St Davids Business Park

Dalgety Bay Dunfermline

Fife

KY11 9PF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MCLEAN, Angela→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-21

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Active

FOTHERINGHAM, James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-10-21

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Active

PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2005-10-21

Resigned

PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES(UK) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2005-10-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	09/06/2011	—

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