RICKETY RACKETY RECORDS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC111239 · ltd · incorporated 1988-05-24

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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 (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Very low cash

Cash position: £2

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2

~ YoY

Net Worth

£2

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£2	£2
Cash	£2	£2
Net assets	£2	£2

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-09
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2025-10-01
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2024-10-25
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2023-10-30
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2023-01-30
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2021-10-27
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accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2018-10-31
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2017-10-31
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accounts · AA
2016-10-31
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accounts · AA
2015-11-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-08-28
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accounts · AA
2014-11-03
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2000-08-31
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BRUCE, Maureen Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2000-08-31
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BRUCE, Andrew Fraser resigned
secretary
2000-08-31
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BRUCE, Maureen Elizabeth resigned
director
1988-05-24
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Company incorporated
As RICKETY RACKETY RECORDS LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Fraser Bruce Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Maureen Elizabeth Bruce Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1988-05-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

40 High Street

Auchterarder

Perth

PH3 1DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BRUCE, Maureen Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2000-08-31

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Active

BRUCE, Andrew Fraser→

director · ~79y

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Active

BRUCE, Andrew Fraser→

secretary · resigned 2000-08-31

Resigned

BRUCE, Maureen Elizabeth→

director · ~68y · resigned 2000-08-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-10-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-10-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-11-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-10-31