15 RAWLINSON ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02422463 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£12
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£12
~ YoY
Current Assets
£12
Current Liabilities
£0£2£5£7£10£12Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£12£12
Current assets£12
Net assets£12£12

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  2. 2025-09-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-09-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-11-07
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-07-29
    CRAMPTON SMITH, Alexander, Professor resigned
    director
  18. 2006-11-16
    HORNE, Kathleen resigned
    director
  19. 2005-04-05
    DEVITT, Desmond Philip appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-04-05
    CRAMPTON SMITH, Marjorie resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-07-10
    REYNOLDS, Sophie Francesca appointed
    director
  22. 2002-02-06
    DEVITT, Desmond Philip appointed
    director
  23. 2002-01-15
    HORNE, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  24. 2002-01-15
    HORNE, Kathleen appointed
    director
  25. 2002-01-11
    BROOK, Elizabeth Christine resigned
    director
  26. 2002-01-09
    CRAMPTON SMITH, Marjorie appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-01-09
    CRAMPTON SMITH, Alexander, Professor appointed
    director
  28. 1999-09-09
    BROOK, Richard resigned
    secretary
  29. 1999-09-09
    HORNE, Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  30. 1999-02-15
    THOMAS, Sarah Hindmore resigned
    director
  31. 1996-08-18
    DRAGE, Jonathan Benjamin Davidson resigned
    secretary
  32. 1996-08-18
    DRAGE, Jonathan Benjamin Davidson resigned
    director
  33. 1996-08-12
    BROOK, Richard appointed
    secretary
  34. 1993-09-14
    BROOK, Elizabeth Christine appointed
    director
  35. 1992-10-04
    BATES, Christopher Ralph resigned
    director
  36. 1992-10-04
    THOMAS, Sarah Hindmore appointed
    director
  37. 1989-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 15 RAWLINSON ROAD LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

22b High Street
Witney
Oxon
OX28 6RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

DEVITT, Desmond Philip
secretary · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
DEVITT, Desmond Philip
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-02-06
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Active
REYNOLDS, Sophie Francesca
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOK, Richard
secretary · appointed 1996-08-12 · resigned 1999-09-09
Resigned
CRAMPTON SMITH, Marjorie
secretary · appointed 2002-01-09 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned
DRAGE, Jonathan Benjamin Davidson
secretary · resigned 1996-08-18
Resigned
HORNE, Kathleen
secretary · appointed 1999-09-09 · resigned 2002-01-15
Resigned
BATES, Christopher Ralph
director · ~63y · resigned 1992-10-04
Resigned
BROOK, Elizabeth Christine
director · ~87y · appointed 1993-09-14 · resigned 2002-01-11
Resigned
CRAMPTON SMITH, Alexander, Professor
director · ~109y · appointed 2002-01-09 · resigned 2010-07-29
Resigned
DRAGE, Jonathan Benjamin Davidson
director · ~66y · resigned 1996-08-18
Resigned
HORNE, Kathleen
director · ~97y · appointed 2002-01-15 · resigned 2006-11-16
Resigned
THOMAS, Sarah Hindmore
director · ~87y · appointed 1992-10-04 · resigned 1999-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-09-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-07
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30