INNOVA PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC310019 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-11
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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year to Sept 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees300400

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-06-16
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    HAGERTY, Joanne resigned
    director
  7. 2023-05-18
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    FEECHAN, Catherine Mary resigned
    director
  8. 2023-05-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-12-31
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    WILSON, Kevin James resigned
    director
  12. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-08-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-08-29
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    RUSSELL, Gregor Morton Hudson resigned
    director
  20. 2017-03-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2015-07-28
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    RUSSELL, Gregor Morton Hudson appointed
    director
  22. 2013-06-19
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    HAGERTY, Joanne appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-10
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    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-10-01
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    WILSON, Kevin James appointed
    director
  25. 2007-12-13
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    FEECHAN, Catherine Mary appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-25
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    MCNAIR, Andrew, Dr appointed
    director
  27. 2006-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As INNOVA PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED
  28. 2006-10-11
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    HOWELL, Steven, Professor appointed
    director
  29. 2006-10-11
    ➕
    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2006-10-11
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2006-10-11
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2006-10-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2006-10-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Steven Howell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Foxknowe Lodge
St. Fillans
Crieff
Perthshire
PH6 2NG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

HOWELL, Steven, Professor→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCNAIR, Andrew, Dr→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-11 · resigned 2009-10-10
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-11 · resigned 2006-10-11
Resigned
FEECHAN, Catherine Mary→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-12-13 · resigned 2023-05-18
Resigned
HAGERTY, Joanne→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-06-19 · resigned 2023-06-16
Resigned
RUSSELL, Gregor Morton Hudson→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-07-28 · resigned 2017-08-29
Resigned
WILSON, Kevin James→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-11 · resigned 2006-10-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14