NORTH WIND ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC323888 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-17

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-11-12
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2023-10-14
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2022-10-18
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2021-10-15
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2020-12-02
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2019-09-27
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2018-08-09
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2018-01-12
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2016-10-14
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2016-05-22
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2015-09-30
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2015-05-18
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2014-09-11
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2014-05-17
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2013-12-11
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2010-05-31
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CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander resigned
director
2010-05-31
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GAULD, Richard resigned
director
2010-05-31
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WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord resigned
director
2007-05-18
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CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander appointed
director
2007-05-18
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WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord appointed
director
2007-05-17
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Company incorporated
As NORTH WIND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
2007-05-17
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GRAY, Alistair Budge appointed
secretary
2007-05-17
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GRAY, Alistair Budge appointed
director
2007-05-17
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JENKINS, Richard William Arthur Howard appointed
director
2007-05-17
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GAULD, Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alistair Budge Gray Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/05/2017
Mr Richard Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/05/2017

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

Incorporated2007-05-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Ridgeways

Back Road

Stromness

KW16 3DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GRAY, Alistair Budge→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-17

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Active

GRAY, Alistair Budge→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-05-17

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Active

JENKINS, Richard William Arthur Howard→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-05-17

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Active

CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander→

director · ~74y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

GAULD, Richard→

director · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-17 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

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