RIVENDELL CARE SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC329079 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£273.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -60% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £273,527
Cash draining
Cash down 60% YoY
Cash YoY
-60%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£24k
↓ 60% YoY
Net Worth
£274k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£296k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £316.1k | £301.0k |
| Current assets | £295.6k | £330.8k |
| Cash | £23.6k | £58.3k |
| Debtors | £271.3k | £271.7k |
| Net assets | £273.5k | £271.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-09-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-08📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-02-08📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-02-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-02-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-02-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-12📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-07-12📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-07-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2015-05-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-08-10🏢Company incorporatedAs RIVENDELL CARE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2007-08-10➕STEWART, Alastair Norman appointedsecretary
- 2007-08-10➕STEWART, Alastair Norman appointeddirector
- 2007-08-10➕STEWART, Alison Mary appointeddirector
- 2007-08-10➕STEWART, Calum Gordon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alastair Norman Stewart Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
C/O Haines Watts, Cluny Court John Smith Business Park
Chapelton Drive
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY2 6QJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
STEWART, Alastair Norman→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-08-10
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STEWART, Alastair Norman→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2007-08-10
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STEWART, Alison Mary→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2007-08-10
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STEWART, Calum Gordon→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2007-08-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 12/05/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-02-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-08