RHIDORROCH COMPANY LIMITED

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SC169898 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-15
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£652.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £652,721
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,650 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£653k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£131k£262k£393k£523k£654kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£652.7k£654.4k
Current assets£1.0k—
Cash£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£652.7k£654.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-22
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    SCOBIE, Kim resigned
    secretary
  12. 2021-03-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2021-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-03-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2020-12-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2019-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2012-09-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2011-02-24
    ➖
    SCOBIE, Ewen De Courcy Mackay resigned
    secretary
  21. 2011-02-24
    ➕
    SCOBIE, Kim appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-02-24
    ➖
    SCOBIE, Ewen De Courcy Mackay resigned
    director
  23. 1997-06-17
    ➕
    SCOBIE, Jennifer Phyllis Mackay appointed
    director
  24. 1997-06-17
    ➕
    SCOBIE, Ewen De Courcy Mackay appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-06-17
    ➖
    MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1997-06-17
    ➕
    SCOBIE, Ewen De Courcy Mackay appointed
    director
  27. 1997-06-17
    ➖
    MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 1997-06-17
    ➖
    NOBLE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  29. 1996-11-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RHIDORROCH COMPANY LIMITED
  30. 1996-11-15
    ➕
    MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1996-11-15
    ➕
    MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  32. 1996-11-15
    ➕
    NOBLE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jennifer Phyllis Mackay Scobie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

6 Argyle Street
Ullapool
Ross-Shire
IV26 2UB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

SCOBIE, Jennifer Phyllis Mackay→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-06-17
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Active
SCOBIE, Ewen De Courcy Mackay→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-17 · resigned 2011-02-24
Resigned
SCOBIE, Kim→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-24 · resigned 2021-03-22
Resigned
MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-11-15 · resigned 1997-06-17
Resigned
SCOBIE, Ewen De Courcy Mackay→
director · ~76y · appointed 1997-06-17 · resigned 2011-02-24
Resigned
MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-11-15 · resigned 1997-06-17
Resigned
NOBLE FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-11-15 · resigned 1997-06-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/09/2012—
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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-13