REY (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC608736 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£25.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,890
Net assets shrinking
Down £28,623 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£26k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Cash£1.8k£3.8k
Net assets£25.9k£54.5k

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

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3 signals 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
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-08
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    address · AD04
  5. 2025-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-03
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    capital · SH02
  14. 2020-10-23
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-10-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2020-10-23
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-10-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2020-10-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2020-09-28
    TEMPLETON, Linda appointed
    director
  20. 2020-09-28
    WHITE, Ruth Elaine appointed
    director
  21. 2018-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As REY (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  22. 2018-09-21
    TEMPLETON, Andrew Ritchie appointed
    director
  23. 2018-09-21
    WHITE, John Patrick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Linda Templeton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/10/2020
Mrs Ruth Elaine White
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew Ritchie Templetonceased 08/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr John Patrick Whiteceased 30/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2018-09-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael
227 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2ND
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

TEMPLETON, Andrew Ritchie
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-09-21
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Active
TEMPLETON, Linda
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-09-28
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Active
WHITE, John Patrick
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-09-21
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Active
WHITE, Ruth Elaine
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-09-28
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-13