NOSTRO VOSTRO NV7 LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09279266 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-24
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-30➖CAIRNS, Robert Ogilvie resigneddirector
- 2020-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-03-06➕CAIRNS, Robert Ogilvie appointeddirector
- 2019-03-05➕PILKINGTON, Simon Mark appointeddirector
- 2019-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-09-30➖VERITATIS CONSULTANCY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2014-10-24🏢Company incorporatedAs NOSTRO VOSTRO NV7 LIMITED
- 2014-10-24➕OWEN, Julie Ann appointeddirector
- 2014-10-24➕VERITATIS CONSULTANCY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Julie Ann Owen Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/11/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Veritatis Consultancy Limitedceased 01/11/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
15 Kingsyard Rope Street
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 6DJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
OWEN, Julie Ann→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2014-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PILKINGTON, Simon Mark→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2019-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VERITATIS CONSULTANCY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2014-10-24 · resigned 2016-09-30
CAIRNS, Robert Ogilvie→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2019-03-06 · resigned 2020-09-30
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31