RESCO NETWORK SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC316314 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-12
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Satellite telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 61900Other telecommunications activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees500500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-28
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  3. 2023-10-14
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-10-14
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-10-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-08-30
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    officers · CH03
  10. 2023-08-30
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  11. 2023-06-29
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  12. 2022-11-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2022-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-04
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2021-02-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-03-01
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    STEVENSON, Kathryn Isobel appointed
    director
  20. 2011-01-01
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    STEVENSON, Gavin James resigned
    director
  21. 2010-02-13
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    STEVENSON, Gavin James appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As RESCO NETWORK SOLUTIONS LTD
  23. 2007-02-12
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Kathryn appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-02-12
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    STEVENSON, Raymond Edwin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Raymond Edwin Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Kathryn Isobel Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61300 — Satellite telecommunications activities

Registered office

Little Saline Croft
Saline
Dunfermline
KY12 9UG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

STEVENSON, Kathryn→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-12
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Active
STEVENSON, Kathryn Isobel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-03-01
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Active
STEVENSON, Raymond Edwin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-02-12
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Active
STEVENSON, Gavin James→
director · ~39y · appointed 2010-02-13 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16