ANDERSON STRATHERN NOMINEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC138172 · ltd · incorporated 1992-05-05

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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

26 officers (5 active, 26 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 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

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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	2024-08-31	2023-08-31

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand

2025-05-31
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accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-12
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officers · CH04
2023-12-12
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officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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address · AD01
2023-07-04
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JOHNSTONE, Alasdair Scott appointed
director
2023-07-04
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officers · AP01
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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officers · TM01
2022-05-05
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HENDERSON, Colin Bruce resigned
director
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-19
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officers · CH01
2021-05-19
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officers · CH01
2021-05-19
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officers · CH01
2020-12-09
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officers · CH01
2020-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-04
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officers · AP01
2019-07-01
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TRIPP, Euan Charles Morgan appointed
director
2019-05-20
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GUNN, Alexander David resigned
director
2019-05-20
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WILKIN, Christopher George Andrew resigned
director
2019-03-17
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KERR, John Neilson resigned
director
2019-01-01
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HUNTER, David William resigned
director
2018-08-31
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BLAIR, James Don resigned
director
2017-02-24
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STEWART, Alec Dougal resigned
director
2016-05-03
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PENNEL, Lynda Elizabeth resigned
director
2016-05-03
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SHARP, Robert Alan resigned
director
2011-09-13
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CAMERON, Audrey Clare appointed
director
2011-02-28
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MACLEAN, Robert William resigned
director
2010-10-14
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BLAIR, James Don appointed
director
2008-09-26
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WILKIN, Christopher George Andrew appointed
director
2008-09-19
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MACLEAN, Robert William appointed
director
2007-11-26
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AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-26
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ANDERSON STRATHERN LLP (SO301485) resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-09-03
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ANDERSON STRATHERN resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-09-03
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ANDERSON STRATHERN LLP (SO301485) appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-09-03
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STEWART, Alec Dougal appointed
director
2006-09-04
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RUSSELL, George Rutherford resigned
director
2006-03-08
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WATT, Andrew Robin resigned
director
2003-11-24
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BLAIR, John Woodman resigned
director
2003-10-10
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GUNN, Alexander David appointed
director
2003-10-10
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SHARP, Robert Alan appointed
director
1999-08-01
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BROWN, Simon Thomas David appointed
director
1999-08-01
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BUCHANAN, Nigel Walter resigned
director
1999-08-01
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CAMPBELL, Thomas Weir resigned
director
1999-08-01
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GRIMSTON, Kenneth Robert resigned
director
1997-11-11
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BLAIR, John Woodman appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

Anderson Strathern Asset Management Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Anderson Strathern Asset Management Limited

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

ultimate parent

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ANDERSON STRATHERN NOMINEES LIMITED

This company · SC138172

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
Anderson Strathern Asset Management Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/05/2017

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

Incorporated1992-05-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

C/O Anderson Strathern Llp

58 Morrison Street

Edinburgh

EH3 8BP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-19

Last: 2025-05-05