RUTLAND SQUARE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC352022 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-02
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.35M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
63 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
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,346,011
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.63M | £1.59M |
| Debtors | £153.6k | £101.8k |
| Net assets | £1.35M | £1.31M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-04-17📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-02-27📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-02-23📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-02-22📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-02-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2013-04-03➖1924 NOMINEES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-01-13➕MANCLARK, James William Mckinnon appointeddirector
- 2009-01-13➕1924 NOMINEES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-12-02🏢Company incorporatedAs RUTLAND SQUARE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2008-12-02➕MILNE, Rory Michael Stuart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James William Mckinnon Manclark Individual · British · DOB 12/1939 · age 87 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
7 Hopetoun Crescent
Edinburgh
EH7 4AY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MANCLARK, James William Mckinnon→
Activedirector · ~87y · appointed 2009-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILNE, Rory Michael Stuart→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
1924 NOMINEES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-01-13 · resigned 2013-04-03
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Recent filings (63 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-10-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-23