RTS TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC781408 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-04
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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£2k£5k£7k£9k£12kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£11.8k
Current assets£11.8k
Net assets£11.8k
Average employees0

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
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
12
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 gazette
  • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-01-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2026-01-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2026-01-13
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2026-01-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2026-01-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2026-01-09
    TOLLAND, Rio resigned
    director
  10. 2026-01-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2026-01-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2026-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2026-01-05
    LEIGHTON, Danielle appointed
    director
  14. 2025-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2025-01-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2023-09-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RTS TRANSPORT LIMITED
  17. 2023-09-04
    TOLLAND, Rio appointed
    director
  18. 2023-09-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-12: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-01-08: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Danielle Leighton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/01/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Rio Tollandceased 09/01/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Miss Rio Tollandceased 05/01/2026· 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

24 C/O Ljm Accountants The Brickhouse Business Suites
24 Stonelaw Road
Glasgow
G73 3TW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LEIGHTON, Danielle
director · ~35y · appointed 2026-01-05
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Active
TOLLAND, Rio
director · ~23y · appointed 2023-09-04 · resigned 2026-01-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12