EURONOVA ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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SC204920 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-18
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  3. 2023-08-16
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  4. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2021-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2020-09-09
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  7. 2019-10-16
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  8. 2018-08-15
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  9. 2017-09-20
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  10. 2016-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-07-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-04-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-06-03
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2014-04-04
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    REID, Henry Anthony Caradoc resigned
    director
  17. 2008-12-12
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    GRAHAM, Jeremy Andrew Ogilvie resigned
    director
  18. 2004-01-27
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    GRAHAM, Jeremy Andrew Ogilvie appointed
    director
  19. 2003-10-16
    ➖
    HOUSTON, David Arthur resigned
    director
  20. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    REID, Henry Anthony Caradoc appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-13
    ➖
    DAVIES, Graeme Racine resigned
    director
  22. 2002-01-07
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    DAVIES, Graeme Racine appointed
    director
  23. 2000-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As EURONOVA ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  24. 2000-03-13
    ➕
    SWANSON, Amanda Jane Gloster appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-03-13
    ➕
    SWANSON, Amanda Jane Gloster appointed
    director
  26. 2000-03-13
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-03-13
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-03-13
    ➕
    HOUSTON, David Arthur appointed
    director
  29. 2000-03-13
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2000-03-13
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Henry Anthony Caradoc Reid
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Amanda Jane Gloster Swanson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

7 - 9 North St David Street
St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
Midlothian,
EH2 1AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

SWANSON, Amanda Jane Gloster→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWANSON, Amanda Jane Gloster→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-13 · resigned 2000-03-13
Resigned
DAVIES, Graeme Racine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-01-07 · resigned 2003-01-13
Resigned
GRAHAM, Jeremy Andrew Ogilvie→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-01-27 · resigned 2008-12-12
Resigned
HOUSTON, David Arthur→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-03-13 · resigned 2003-10-16
Resigned
REID, Henry Anthony Caradoc→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2014-04-04
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-13 · resigned 2000-03-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-18