RESCUE MEDICS (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC468555 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£36.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

35/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~5.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £36,624
Net assets shrinking
Down £47,569 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23k
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
£37k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£53k£71k£89kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£46.0k£93.6k
Current assets£24.5k£88.8k
Cash£22.7k£66.1k
Debtors£1.8k£22.7k
Net assets£36.6k£84.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-20
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  4. 2022-08-08
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  5. 2021-12-24
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  6. 2021-05-07
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  7. 2021-05-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  8. 2021-02-08
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  9. 2019-12-20
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  10. 2018-11-23
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  11. 2017-09-28
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  12. 2016-05-24
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  13. 2016-05-17
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  14. 2016-03-29
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  15. 2016-02-02
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  16. 2015-10-29
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  17. 2014-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As RESCUE MEDICS (UK) LTD
  18. 2014-01-28
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    ROE, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-01-28
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    ROE, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-28
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    ROE, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 12 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 Paul Roe
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Roe
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Karinya
Upper Inverroy
Roy Bridge
Inverness-Shire
PH31 4AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROE, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2014-01-28
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ROE, Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-01-28
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ROE, Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-01-28
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
A registered charge—06/05/2021—
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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
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accounts · AA
2021-12-24
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mortgage · MR01
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
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accounts · AA
2021-02-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20