RCP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC385083 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-08
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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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs RCP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
- 2010-09-08➕BUTLER, Peter John Frank appointeddirector
- 2010-09-08➕ROSS, Philip Murray appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Peter John Frank Butler Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Philip Murray Ross Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| OCEAN FISHING LLP→ SO308081 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| OCEAN QUEST (SCOTLAND) LLP→ SO300056 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP→ SO302228 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| POLSKIE RADIO SCOTLAND LLP→ SO308317 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PONTA DELGADA LP→ SL012901 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| PRO-SUB SERVICES LIMITED→ SC372727 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| PRS RESIDENTIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP→ SL025526 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| PUERTA DE SAN JUAN LP→ SL019595 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| RCCW LLP→ SO306668 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| REACH TRADING & CO→ SL002532 · est 1994 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
| REACT ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LTD→ SC519849 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| REAPER FISHING LLP→ SO300128 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Excalibur House Woodburn Road
Blackburn Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
AB21 0RX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BUTLER, Peter John Frank→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2010-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROSS, Philip Murray→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (36 total)
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10