SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN (NOMINEES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC093250 · ltd · incorporated 1985-05-10

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

100 officers (10 active, 100 linked, 95 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

467 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (191 events)Click to expand

2026-01-13
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2025-01-09
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2024-01-11
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accounts · AA
2023-07-19
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address · AD01
2023-05-29
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MCLAREN, Keith Anthony appointed
director
2023-05-29
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officers · AP01
2023-05-05
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address · AD01
2023-02-13
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2022-01-18
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2021-01-25
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accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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officers · TM01
2020-12-07
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HOLEHOUSE, Andrew Neville resigned
director
2020-11-16
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officers · TM01
2020-11-16
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officers · AP01
2020-11-03
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CARTY, Gillian Anne appointed
director
2020-11-03
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HALLY, Paul William resigned
director
2020-01-24
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accounts · AA
2019-05-01
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BLAIN, Andrew John appointed
director
2019-05-01
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officers · AP01
2019-05-01
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officers · TM01
2019-04-30
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GIBB, Stephen John resigned
director
2019-01-24
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accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts · AA
2014-11-05
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HALLY, Paul William appointed
director
2014-03-31
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KNOX, Louisa Stewart appointed
secretary
2014-03-31
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BLAIN, Andrew John resigned
secretary
2014-03-31
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ANDERSON, David John William resigned
director
2014-03-31
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ARCHIBALD, Colin John resigned
director
2014-03-31
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BELL, Patrick Ian resigned
director
2014-03-31
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BLAIN, Andrew John resigned
director
2014-03-31
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BLAKE, Walter resigned
director
2014-03-31
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BOAG-THOMSON, Joanna Susan resigned
director
2014-03-31
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BOYLE, George Carey resigned
director
2014-03-31
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CAIRNS, Rodger William resigned
director
2014-03-31
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CARLYLE, Paul Haining resigned
director
2014-03-31
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CARTY, Gillian Anne resigned
director
2014-03-31
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COLVILLE, Elaine Genevieve resigned
director
2014-03-31
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DOBIE, James Alexander resigned
director
2014-03-31
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DONALD, Paul Robert Alexander resigned
director
2014-03-31
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DOWNIE, Gordon Harry resigned
director
2014-03-31
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DRUMMOND, Iain Kerr resigned
director
2014-03-31
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FEROS, Anna Victoria resigned
director
2014-03-31
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FOSTER, Clare Elizabeth resigned
director
2014-03-31
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FRIER, George William resigned
director
2014-03-31
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FROOD, Alastair Mcgarva resigned
director
2014-03-31
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HALL, Andrew William Macdonald resigned
director
2014-03-31
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HALLY, Paul William resigned
director
2014-03-31
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HARPER, Rhona Alison resigned
director
2014-03-31
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HARVEY, Guy Landor resigned
director
2014-03-31
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HAWTHORN, Lilian Patricia resigned
director

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Shepherd And Wedderburn Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Shepherd And Wedderburn Llp

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN (NOMINEES) LIMITED

This company · SC093250

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Shepherd And Wedderburn Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1985-05-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Shepherd And Wedderburn Llp

9 Haymarket Square

Edinburgh

EH3 8FY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21