RAPIER PARCEL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC434523 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-11
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 53201
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees-200300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-08
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  3. 2024-04-16
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-04-15
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    ROSS, Stuart resigned
    director
  5. 2023-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-16
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  7. 2022-12-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-12-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-10-31
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  10. 2021-07-25
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  11. 2020-10-30
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  12. 2019-07-31
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  13. 2018-07-31
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  14. 2017-07-31
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  15. 2017-05-10
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-05-08
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    ROSS, Stuart appointed
    director
  17. 2016-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As RAPIER PARCEL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  19. 2012-10-11
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    ROSS, Rae Alison appointed
    director
  20. 2012-10-11
    ➕
    ROSS, Scott Mcgavin 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Mcgavin Ross
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2016
Mrs Rae Alison Ross
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC53201 — SIC 53201

Registered office

18 Dunearn Street
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 3NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ROSS, Rae Alison→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-10-11
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Active
ROSS, Scott Mcgavin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-11
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Active
ROSS, Stuart→
director · ~35y · appointed 2017-05-08 · resigned 2024-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-28