THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC003146 · ltd · incorporated 1896-03-19

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (9 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-08
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officers · TM01
2023-11-10
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GARDINER, Christopher Peter John appointed
director
2023-11-10
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BARCLAY, Nicholas resigned
director
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-12-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-12-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-01
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DISHINGTON, Audrey Anne appointed
director
2018-11-30
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MCDONALD, Alexander Francis resigned
director
2016-11-18
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CRAMER, Rory William appointed
director
2016-11-18
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MARX, Julian James Locke appointed
director
2013-11-08
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MURRAY, Thomas appointed
director
2008-06-23
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LARMINIE, Oliver Rupert Charles resigned
director
2007-11-16
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MARX, Francis Angus Locke appointed
director
2004-12-01
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-11-30
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THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-06-30
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BARCLAY, Nicholas appointed
director
1998-06-30
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FAIR, James Stuart resigned
director
1998-06-30
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MCDONALD, Alexander Francis, Professor resigned
director
1997-04-21
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DICKIE, Bruce Watson resigned
director
1996-04-22
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LARMINIE, Oliver Rupert Charles appointed
director
1990-05-14
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DICKIE, Marjorie Kathleen resigned
director
1896-03-19
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Company incorporated
As THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

Group structure

The Dundee Property Reversionary Company, Ltd. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

The Dundee Property Reversionary Company, Ltd.

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC003146

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Dundee Property Reversionary Company, Ltd. Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated1896-03-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13