RIDDELL PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC266988 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£70
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
58 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.

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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 £70

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£70
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14£28£42£56£70Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£70£70
Net assets£70£70

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-05-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-06-08
    ➕
    FARRIES, KIRK & MCVEAN, -, Messrs appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-06-08
    ➖
    TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    DALRYMPLE, Harriet Lucy Roden, The Honourable appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    DALRYMPLE, Michael Colin, The Honourable appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-03
    ➖
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-05-03
    ➖
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-05-03
    ➖
    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-04-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RIDDELL PROPERTIES LIMITED
  26. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Honourable Michael Colin Dalrymple
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Farries Kirk & Mcvean
Dumfries Enterprise Park
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

FARRIES, KIRK & MCVEAN, -, Messrs→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALRYMPLE, Harriet Lucy Roden, The Honourable→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALRYMPLE, Michael Colin, The Honourable→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-03
Resigned
TURCAN CONNELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2005-06-08
Resigned
BLP CREATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-03
Resigned
BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-29