RMA AUTO SERVICES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC811811 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-28
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-01➕ZECCOLINI, Roberto appointeddirector
- 2025-07-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-20➕ZECCOLINI, Micheal appointeddirector
- 2025-01-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-01➖ZECCOLINI, Roberto resigneddirector
- 2024-05-28🏢Company incorporatedAs RMA AUTO SERVICES LTD
- 2024-05-28➕ZECCOLINI, Roberto appointeddirector
- 2024-05-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ZECCOLINI, Roberto (same surname) appointed 2025-08-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-05-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 11 Chattan Industrial Estate
Bonnybridge
FK4 2AG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ZECCOLINI, Micheal→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-07-20
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ZECCOLINI, Roberto→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-08-01
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ZECCOLINI, Roberto→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-05-28 · resigned 2025-01-01
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Recent filings (7 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-28