RIVERON (22) LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC515012 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2015-10-01
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2015-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As RIVERON (22) LTD
  14. 2015-09-08
    IRVINE, Gordon appointed
    director
  15. 2015-09-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gordon Irvine
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2015-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

22 Castlehill Road Stewarton
Kilmarnock
KA3 5ER
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

IRVINE, Gordon
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-09-08
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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-10