NEIL J PATERSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC361113 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-11

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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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£49.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £49,674

Net assets shrinking

Down £34,927 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£50k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Assets

£44k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£53.1k	£86.3k
Current assets	£44.3k	£58.7k
Net assets	£49.7k	£84.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2025-04-30
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2024-01-04
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2023-04-24
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2022-04-21
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2020-12-08
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2020-01-06
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2019-08-02
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PATERSON, Moira appointed
director
2019-08-02
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officers · AP01
2019-03-14
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2018-03-12
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2017-04-28
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2016-06-22
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2015-11-20
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2015-06-15
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2014-11-26
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2014-06-18
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2009-06-11
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Company incorporated
As NEIL J PATERSON LIMITED
2009-06-11
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PATERSON, Neil appointed
secretary
2009-06-11
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PATERSON, Neil appointed
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 59. Early succession window.
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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neil John Paterson Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2009-06-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Registered office

C/O Morris & Young

6 Atholl Crescent

Perth

PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PATERSON, Neil→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-11

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PATERSON, Moira→

director · ~56y · appointed 2019-08-02

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PATERSON, Neil→

director · ~59y · appointed 2009-06-11

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