NEVIN OF EDINBURGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC110349 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 35.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£150.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £150,063

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£150k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£146k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£60k£90k£120k£150kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£150.1k£150.0k
Current assets£146.2k£146.3k
Net assets£150.1k£149.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-16
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-04-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2020-04-15
    ➕
    NEVIN, Mark appointed
    director
  11. 2020-04-15
    ➖
    JENKINS, Catherine resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-05-05
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    JENKINS, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-05
    ➖
    NEVIN, John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-05
    ➖
    MELVIN, James resigned
    director
  21. 2001-04-13
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    NEVIN, John appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-10-10
    ➕
    MELVIN, James appointed
    director
  23. 1998-01-22
    ➖
    NEVIN, Yvonne resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-01-22
    ➖
    NEVIN, Yvonne resigned
    director
  25. 1991-03-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 1988-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NEVIN OF EDINBURGH LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "NEVIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 John Nevin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1988-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

NEVIN, John→
director · ~69y
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Active
NEVIN, Mark→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-04-15
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Active
JENKINS, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-05 · resigned 2020-04-15
Resigned
NEVIN, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-13 · resigned 2006-05-05
Resigned
NEVIN, Yvonne→
secretary · resigned 1998-01-22
Resigned
MELVIN, James→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-10-10 · resigned 2006-05-05
Resigned
NEVIN, Yvonne→
director · ~66y · resigned 1998-01-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property20/03/1991—
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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-16