ROSSLYN ASSOCIATES HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC734769 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-07
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£400
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
21 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
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £400

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£400
~ YoY
Current Assets
£200
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£80£160£240£320£400Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£400£400
Current assets£200£201
Net assets£400£400

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.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-01-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-03-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-03-13
    ➕
    MCLEISH, Ian Richard appointed
    director
  11. 2023-03-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2023-03-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2023-03-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-03-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2022-08-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2022-08-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2022-08-11
    ➕
    MONTOYA, Mark Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2022-08-11
    ➖
    MCLEISH, Ian Richard resigned
    director
  19. 2022-08-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2022-08-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2022-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ROSSLYN ASSOCIATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
  22. 2022-06-07
    ➕
    MCLEISH, Ian Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2022-06-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carla Mcleish
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2023
Mr Ian Richard Mcleish
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2023
Mr Mark Joseph Montoya
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/08/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Richard Mcleishceased 11/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The Walled Gardens
South Building, Bush Estate
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH26 0SD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCLEISH, Ian Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONTOYA, Mark Joseph→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLEISH, Ian Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-06-07 · resigned 2022-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-13