GROWTH CAPITAL VENTURES NOMINEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08722273 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-07
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£26
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £26

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£26
↑ 116% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 143% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£160£1k£3k£5k£6k£8kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£4.7k£131
Current assets£7.7k£3.2k
Net assets£26£-160

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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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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  2. 2024-08-05
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  3. 2023-10-03
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  4. 2022-11-16
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  5. 2022-09-02
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  6. 2021-07-27
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  7. 2020-08-26
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  8. 2019-08-29
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  9. 2018-08-31
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  10. 2017-10-05
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  11. 2017-10-05
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  12. 2017-10-05
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  13. 2017-08-31
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  14. 2017-07-31
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  15. 2016-07-31
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  16. 2013-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As GROWTH CAPITAL VENTURES NOMINEES LIMITED
  17. 2013-10-07
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    PETERSON, Norman appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-10-07
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    PETERSON, Craig Alistair appointed
    director
  19. 2013-10-07
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    PETERSON, Norman appointed
    director
  20. 2013-10-07
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    GROWTH CAPITAL VENTURES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2013-10-07
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    GROWTH CAPITAL VENTURES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 70 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 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Alistair Peterson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016
Mr Norman Peterson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2013-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66120 — Security and commodity contracts dealing activities

Registered office

Carlton House
15 Parsons Court
County Durham
DL5 6ZE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PETERSON, Norman→
secretary · appointed 2013-10-07
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Active
PETERSON, Craig Alistair→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-10-07
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PETERSON, Norman→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-10-07
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GROWTH CAPITAL VENTURES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2013-10-07 · resigned 2013-10-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29