RADAR ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05414092 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,980
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,987 YoY
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£10k£13k£16kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£3.0k£7.0k
Current assets£9.6k£16.0k
Cash£9.6k£14.5k
Debtors£0£1.5k
Net assets£3.0k£7.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As RADAR ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  17. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    TAIT, James Christopher appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Robert William appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    TAIT, James Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-04-05
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 2005-04-05
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Christopher Tait
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
—25–50%25-50% voting05/04/2017
Mr Robert William Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
—25–50%25-50% voting05/04/2017

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
Incorporated2005-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

18 Yellowhammer Court
Kidderminster
DY10 4RR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAIT, James Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Robert William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
TAIT, James Christopher→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-06-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-04