RETERP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC389190 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-19
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-261
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £261

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£261
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£261-£261-£261-£261-£261-£261Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-261£-261
Net assets£-261£-261

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As RETERP LIMITED
  18. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    BAKER, Peter Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    DRIJFHOUT, Marijtje, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Charles Baker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Dr Marijtje Drijfhout
Individual · Dutch · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

R A Clement Associates
5 Argyll Square
Oban
PA34 4AZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BAKER, Peter Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-11-19
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Active
DRIJFHOUT, Marijtje, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-11-19
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-19