NEWMAINS COMMUNITY TRUST LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC396456 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-03-28

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.89M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

38 officers (8 active, 38 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,886,240

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£123k

Net Worth

£1.9m

Current Assets

£173k

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£1.89M
Current assets	£173.4k
Cash	£122.5k
Debtors	£49.6k
Net assets	£1.89M

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

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2 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (90 events)Click to expand

2025-10-27
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2025-04-24
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officers · CH01
2025-04-24
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officers · AP01
2025-04-01
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MCGUIGAN, William appointed
director
2024-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-03-12
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officers · AP03
2024-03-11
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WEIR, Angela appointed
secretary
2024-02-15
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officers · AP01
2024-02-15
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officers · AP01
2024-02-14
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CAMPBELL, Marie appointed
director
2024-02-14
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MCCANN, William appointed
director
2023-10-18
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accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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officers · CH01
2023-01-26
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officers · TM01
2023-01-14
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WEMYSS, Andrew resigned
director
2022-11-08
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accounts · AA
2022-10-19
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officers · TM01
2022-10-13
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MCNALLY, Christine resigned
director
2022-04-25
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officers · AP01
2022-04-25
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officers · TM01
2022-04-01
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POLLOCK, Leanne appointed
director
2022-04-01
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COSTELLO, Matthew resigned
director
2021-12-02
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accounts · AA
2021-11-05
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2021-10-26
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KELLIGHAN, John Alexander appointed
director
2021-03-17
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accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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WEMYSS, Andrew appointed
director
2020-10-27
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officers · AP01
2020-07-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-08
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DAVIDSON, Pauline Collette resigned
director
2019-11-14
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BARKLAY, Jonathan Abernethy, Reverend resigned
director
2019-11-14
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CONNELLY, Janice resigned
director
2019-11-14
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SIMMONS, Christina resigned
director
2019-09-16
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CLEMENTS, Sandra Helen resigned
secretary
2019-08-16
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ALLAN, Craig resigned
director
2019-05-13
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CARSON, Catherine Margaret Rose resigned
director
2019-02-07
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SUMMERS, Agnes Windsor Holden appointed
director
2019-02-07
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ALLAN, Craig appointed
director
2019-02-07
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BARKLAY, Jonathan Abernethy, Reverend appointed
director
2019-02-07
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CONNELLY, Janice appointed
director
2018-05-07
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BRYSON, Stuart resigned
director
2018-05-07
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CLEMENTS, Sandra Helen resigned
director
2018-05-07
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COSTELLO, Matthew appointed
director
2018-05-07
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GILLFILAN, Mary resigned
director
2018-05-07
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PITCATHLEY, Caroline resigned
director
2018-05-07
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SIMMONS, Christina appointed
director
2018-03-09
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CLEMENTS, Sandra Helen appointed
director
2017-12-07
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CLEMENTS, Sandra Helen appointed
secretary
2017-12-07
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BUTLER, Phyllis Ann resigned
director
2017-08-15
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OSBORNE, Cheryl Una Morrison resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 90 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2011-03-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

15 Manse Road

Newmains

Wishaw

Lanarkshire

ML2 9AX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12