RAINBOW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC364822 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£333.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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 £333,186

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£333k
Current Assets
£165k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£333.2k
Current assets£165.2k
Net assets£333.2k

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 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-08-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-08-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-29
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  15. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-10-30
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    THOMSON, Mark resigned
    director
  17. 2009-09-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RAINBOW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LIMITED
  18. 2009-09-01
    ➕
    THOMSON, Kalitza Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2009-09-01
    ➕
    THOMSON, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mrs Kalitza Anne Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Kalitza Anne Thomsonceased 01/09/2016· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

10 Whitecraigs
Kinnesswood
Kinross
KY13 9JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

THOMSON, Kalitza Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-09-01
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Active
THOMSON, Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2009-10-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17