NGT ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (48/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2015-04-10📄gazette-dissolved-voluntarygazette · GAZ2(A)
- 2015-04-10🏁Company dissolved
- 2015-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-19📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2014-12-03📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2014-05-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-05-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2013-05-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2013-02-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2013-02-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2013-02-01➕THOMSON, Gillian Ann appointeddirector
- 2012-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-11-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-addressaddress · AD01
- 2012-05-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-05-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-05-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-05-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2009-06-10📄legacyofficers · 288a
- 2009-06-01➕THOMSON, Gillian Ann appointedsecretary
- 2009-05-21🏢Company incorporatedAs NGT ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2009-05-21➕THOMSON, Norman George appointeddirector
- 2009-05-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2015-04-10
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