RAD CORPORATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC301704 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-04
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£11.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,269

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 137% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£11.3k£4.8k
Current assets£24.8k£23.0k
Net assets£11.3k£4.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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  2. 2025-03-27
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-14
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  5. 2023-02-15
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  6. 2022-02-22
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  7. 2021-03-03
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  8. 2019-11-30
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  9. 2019-02-22
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  10. 2018-02-08
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  11. 2017-02-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-20
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  13. 2016-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-02-06
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  16. 2014-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-01-01
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    DOW, Vivien appointed
    director
  18. 2006-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As RAD CORPORATE LIMITED
  19. 2006-05-04
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    DOW, Vivien appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-04
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    DOW, Ross appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-05-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-05-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2006-05-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Dow
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2006-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

2c Bingham Terrace
Dundee
DD4 7HH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DOW, Vivien→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOW, Ross→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOW, Vivien→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-01-01
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Active
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-06