PERTH RADIO TAXIS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC396523 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-29
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 1.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees17001600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-05-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Allica Bank Limited
  5. 2024-05-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-05-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Allica Bank Limited
  7. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-08
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  11. 2021-03-08
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  12. 2021-03-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-04-03
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2014-07-28
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    SMITH, Christopher Stewart appointed
    director
  21. 2014-07-28
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    SMITH, James Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As PERTH RADIO TAXIS LIMITED
  23. 2011-03-29
    ➕
    SMITH, Alexander Ross appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Mr Alexander Ross Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated2011-03-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

10 Ethel Moorhead Place
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 8FA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Alexander Ross→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-03-29
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Active
SMITH, Christopher Stewart→
director · ~34y · appointed 2014-07-28
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Active
SMITH, James Alexander→
director · ~32y · appointed 2014-07-28
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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
Allica Bank
Allica Bank Limited
A registered charge2 properties22/05/2024—
outstanding
Allica Bank
Allica Bank Limited
A registered charge—16/05/2024—
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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-03-08
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-03-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-05