OSCAR & RALPH LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC682316 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-30
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£9.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £9,929

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£9.9k£9.7k
Current assets£4.2k£4.4k
Net assets£9.9k£9.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-01-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-12-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-11-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OSCAR & RALPH LTD
  11. 2020-11-30
    ➕
    MACKAY, Gary Marc appointed
    director
  12. 2020-11-30
    ➕
    MACKAY, Shannon Mary appointed
    director
  13. 2020-11-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Gary Marc Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 01/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/11/2020
Mrs Shannon Mary Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 06/1993 · age 33
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/11/2020

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
Incorporated2020-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

3 Darroch Brae
Alness
IV17 0SD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKAY, Gary Marc→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-11-30
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Active
MACKAY, Shannon Mary→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-11-30
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-11-30