RAILIKE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04014132 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-08
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£328.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
109 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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £328,167
Net assets shrinking
Down £98,646 YoY
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£7k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£328k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £328.2k | £426.8k |
| Current assets | £6.9k | £6.2k |
| Cash | £6.7k | £6.0k |
| Debtors | £118 | £118 |
| Net assets | £328.2k | £426.8k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-08-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2014-04-15➖KINNEAR, Catherine resignedsecretary
- 2008-06-01➕KINNEAR, Catherine appointedsecretary
- 2007-09-14➖JAMESTOWN INVESTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2001-04-05➖CLINICK, Mary resignedsecretary
- 2001-04-05➕JAMESTOWN INVESTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2000-06-16➕CLAXTON, Lucinda Zoe appointeddirector
- 2000-06-16➕STODDART, Michael Craig appointeddirector
- 2000-06-16➕STODDART, Susan Brigid appointeddirector
- 2000-06-16➕WHITNEY, Phillipa Frances appointeddirector
- 2000-06-08🏢Company incorporatedAs RAILIKE LIMITED
- 2000-06-08➕STODDART, Edward Alexander appointeddirector
- 2000-06-08➕STODDART, James Richard Bowring appointeddirector
- 2000-06-08➕CLINICK, Mary appointedsecretary
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
- -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
43 Manchester Street
London
W1U 7LP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08
Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)
CLAXTON, Lucinda Zoe→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2000-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STODDART, Edward Alexander→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2000-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STODDART, James Richard Bowring→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2000-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STODDART, Michael Craig→
Activedirector · ~94y · appointed 2000-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STODDART, Susan Brigid→
Activedirector · ~88y · appointed 2000-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITNEY, Phillipa Frances→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2000-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLINICK, Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-06-08 · resigned 2001-04-05
KINNEAR, Catherine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2014-04-15
JAMESTOWN INVESTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2007-09-14
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Recent filings (109 total)
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2026-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-14