RANDA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC320331 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-04
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

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£674.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £674,066
Net assets shrinking
Down £133,500 YoY
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£279k
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£674k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£685k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£162k£323k£485k£646k£808kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£674.1k£808.9k
Current assets£684.5k£789.8k
Cash£279.3k£376.5k
Debtors£405.2k£413.3k
Net assets£674.1k£807.6k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2012-04-04
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    GOLDIE, Allison Jane appointed
    director
  15. 2012-04-04
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    GOLDIE, Allison Jane resigned
    secretary
  16. 2007-04-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RANDA LIMITED
  17. 2007-04-04
    ➕
    GOLDIE, Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2007-04-04
    ➕
    GOLDIE, Allison Jane appointed
    secretary

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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

33 Sanday Road
Aberdeen
AB15 6DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GOLDIE, Allison Jane→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-04-04
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Active
GOLDIE, Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-04-04
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Active
GOLDIE, Allison Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-04 · resigned 2012-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02