RAM 211 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC384523 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-31
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
39 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees211800

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-08-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-28
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-11-15
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    PODDAR, Amar, Dr appointed
    director
  13. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-12-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2010-10-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2010-08-31
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    Company incorporated
    As RAM 211 LIMITED
  20. 2010-08-31
    ➕
    PODDAR, Anand Kumar appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-31
    ➕
    PODDAR, Rashmi appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rashmi Poddar
Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016
Mr Anand Kumar Poddar
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

4 Thomas Street
Paisley
PA1 2RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PODDAR, Amar, Dr→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-11-15
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Active
PODDAR, Anand Kumar→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-08-31
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Active
PODDAR, Rashmi→
director · ~46y · appointed 2010-08-31
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property02/12/2010—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property25/10/2010—
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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04