NITH VALLEY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC239606 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-14
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 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Site preparation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.9 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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees101000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-03-17
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-02-01
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    DAVIDSON, Alexander Paul appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-01
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    DAVIDSON, Daniel James appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2023-04-19
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  8. 2022-04-25
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  9. 2021-09-06
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-08
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-10-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  14. 2019-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-23
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  16. 2017-08-15
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  17. 2016-08-29
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  18. 2015-11-25
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  19. 2010-12-31
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    DAVIDSON, Norma resigned
    director
  20. 2006-06-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2006-01-16
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    DAVIDSON, Glenn appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As NITH VALLEY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  23. 2002-11-14
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    DAVIDSON, Glenn appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-11-14
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-14
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-11-14
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    DAVIDSON, Norma appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVIDSON, Alexander Paul (same surname) appointed 2025-02-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glenn Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation

Registered office

23 George Street
Dumfries
DG1 1EA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-22
Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Glenn→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-14
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Active
DAVIDSON, Alexander Paul→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
DAVIDSON, Daniel James→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
DAVIDSON, Glenn→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-01-16
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2002-11-14
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Norma→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2010-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property01/10/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property20/06/2006—
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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-24