N.D.U.S. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC235238 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-13
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 23.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£639.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £638,960

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£639k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£720k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£144k£288k£432k£576k£720kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£639.0k£547.1k
Current assets£720.0k£619.7k
Net assets£639.0k£545.4k

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

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1 signal 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-22
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  2. 2024-01-24
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  3. 2023-08-28
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  4. 2022-08-30
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-10-21
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  7. 2019-07-29
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  8. 2018-08-01
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  9. 2017-07-28
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  10. 2016-06-04
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  11. 2015-08-12
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  12. 2015-07-31
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  13. 2014-09-05
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  14. 2014-07-30
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  15. 2013-08-21
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  16. 2004-10-08
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    MACDONALD, Effie appointed
    director
  17. 2004-10-08
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    MACKENZIE, Donald Norman resigned
    director
  18. 2003-07-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
  19. 2003-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2002-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As N.D.U.S. LIMITED
  21. 2002-08-13
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    MACDONALD, Effie appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-08-13
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    MACDONALD, Neil Lachlan appointed
    director
  23. 2002-08-13
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-08-13
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-08-13
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    MACKENZIE, Donald Norman appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Neil Lachlan Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/06/2016
Mrs Effie Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/06/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Garage
Balivanich
Western Isles
HS7 5LL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACDONALD, Effie→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-13
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Active
MACDONALD, Effie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-10-08
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Active
MACDONALD, Neil Lachlan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-08-13
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-13 · resigned 2002-08-13
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Donald Norman→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-08-13 · resigned 2004-10-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
Floating charge1 property10/07/2003—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property07/02/2003—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-13