RNM ACCESS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC388579 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-10

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£-599

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £599

Net assets shrinking

Down £758 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£599

↓ 477% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£-599	£159
Current assets	£3.1k	£4.0k
Net assets	£-599	£159

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

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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2024-08-28
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2023-08-30
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2022-04-13
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2022-01-25
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2021-05-05
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2020-01-03
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2019-01-30
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2018-01-25
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2017-01-17
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2016-02-08
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2015-11-26
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2014-12-31
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2014-01-09
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2010-11-10
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Company incorporated
As RNM ACCESS LTD
2010-11-10
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MACASKILL, Ruaridh Norman appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 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

88/100

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ruaridh Norman Macaskill Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated2010-11-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street

Tain

IV19 1BJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MACASKILL, Ruaridh Norman→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-11-10

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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-08-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-04-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-01-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-01-30