RAVENDALE COMPLETIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC407446 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-14

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£21.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £21,177

Net assets shrinking

Down £16,327 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 61% YoY

Cash YoY

-61%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£13k

↓ 61% YoY

Net Worth

£21k

↓ 44% YoY

Current Assets

£36k

↓ 8.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£21.2k	£37.5k
Current assets	£35.6k	£38.9k
Cash	£13.2k	£34.2k
Debtors	£22.3k	£4.6k
Net assets	£21.2k	£37.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
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capital · SH01
2025-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-10
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-10-03
➕
BROWN, Julie Anne appointed
director
2011-09-14
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Company incorporated
As RAVENDALE COMPLETIONS LTD
2011-09-14
➕
BROWN, Julie Anne appointed
secretary
2011-09-14
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BROWN, Rodney John appointed
director

Owner dependency

74/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julie Anne Brown Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Rodney John Brown Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-09-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd

Traill Drive

Montrose

Angus

DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Julie Anne→

secretary · appointed 2011-09-14

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Active

BROWN, Julie Anne→

director · ~58y · appointed 2014-10-03

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Active

BROWN, Rodney John→

director · ~55y · appointed 2011-09-14

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Active

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-17

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2025-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-04-10

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2024-04-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-17