ROSSLYN ASSOCIATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC734769 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-07
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£400
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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)Positive net assets
Net assets £400
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£400
~ YoY
Current Assets
£200
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £400 | £400 |
| Current assets | £200 | £201 |
| Net assets | £400 | £400 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-13➕MCLEISH, Ian Richard appointeddirector
- 2023-03-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-03-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-03-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-08-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-08-11➕MONTOYA, Mark Joseph appointeddirector
- 2022-08-11➖MCLEISH, Ian Richard resigneddirector
- 2022-08-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ROSSLYN ASSOCIATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2022-06-07➕MCLEISH, Ian Richard appointeddirector
- 2022-06-07📄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 66 — 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 66. 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Carla Mcleish Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/03/2023 |
Mr Ian Richard Mcleish Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/03/2023 |
Mr Mark Joseph Montoya Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/08/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Richard Mcleishceased 11/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
The Walled Gardens
South Building, Bush Estate
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH26 0SD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MCLEISH, Ian Richard→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2023-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MONTOYA, Mark Joseph→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2022-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCLEISH, Ian Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-06-07 · resigned 2022-08-11
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (21 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-13