RENFREWSHIRE DELIVERIES LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC720376 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-19
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-37.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £37,900
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£38k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-36.6k | £-51.7k |
| Current assets | £1.3k | £3.5k |
| Net assets | £-37.9k | £-51.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17➕CRAWFORD, Caroline Elizabeth Mcwilliam appointeddirector
- 2022-08-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs RENFREWSHIRE DELIVERIES LIMITED
- 2022-01-19➕MACLEAN, David William Thomson appointeddirector
- 2022-01-19📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David William Thomson Maclean Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 19/01/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-01-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
Suite 2/11 Pure Offices 1 Ainslie Road
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4RU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CRAWFORD, Caroline Elizabeth Mcwilliam→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2022-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACLEAN, David William Thomson→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-01-19
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Recent filings (13 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-19