REDWOOD HEALTH STORE LTD

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SC331773 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-02
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£463.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
57 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 £463,863
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£242k
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£464k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£688k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£148k£297k£445k£594k£742kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£467.3k£426.6k
Current assets£688.0k£742.2k
Cash£241.6k£457.9k
Debtors£391.9k£226.0k
Net assets£463.9k£419.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-02-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-08-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2022-08-15
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    KEAN, James Harkins appointed
    director
  11. 2022-08-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-07-03
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    GILCHRIST, Iain appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-07-03
    ➕
    GILCHRIST, Iain appointed
    director
  19. 2009-07-03
    ➖
    KEAN, Paul resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-07-03
    ➖
    KEAN, James Harkins resigned
    director
  21. 2007-10-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As REDWOOD HEALTH STORE LTD
  22. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    KEAN, Paul appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-10-02
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    KEAN, James Harkins appointed
    director
  26. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2007-10-02
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2007-10-02
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Harkins Kean
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Iain Gilchristceased 31/12/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2007-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Cambuslang Court
Cambuslang
Glasgow
G32 8FH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GILCHRIST, Iain→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILCHRIST, Iain→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEAN, James Harkins→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEAN, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2009-07-03
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned
KEAN, James Harkins→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2009-07-03
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05