RAINBOW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC364822 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-01

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£333.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £333,186

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£333k

Current Assets

£165k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-09-30
Total assets	£333.2k
Current assets	£165.2k
Net assets	£333.2k

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 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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2026-02-25
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2025-06-30
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2024-06-24
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2023-09-14
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2023-08-25
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2023-08-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-14
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2023-06-30
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2022-06-17
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2021-06-28
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2020-06-19
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2019-06-20
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2018-06-29
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2017-06-27
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2009-10-30
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THOMSON, Mark resigned
director
2009-09-01
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Company incorporated
As RAINBOW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LIMITED
2009-09-01
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THOMSON, Kalitza Anne appointed
director
2009-09-01
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THOMSON, Mark appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Kalitza Anne Thomson Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Kalitza Anne Thomsonceased 01/09/2016· 75-100% shares

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-09-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

10 Whitecraigs

Kinnesswood

Kinross

KY13 9JN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

THOMSON, Kalitza Anne→

director · ~60y · appointed 2009-09-01

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Active

THOMSON, Mark→

director · ~60y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2009-10-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-05

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-02-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-18

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-09-14

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-08-25

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-08-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-08-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-17