NORFROST HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC041515 · ltd · incorporated 1964-12-28
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
125 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£0£0
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-02-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-01-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2025-03-28
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  6. 2024-01-03
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  7. 2023-01-06
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  8. 2022-01-05
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  9. 2021-01-07
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  10. 2020-01-09
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  11. 2019-01-07
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  12. 2018-01-12
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  13. 2017-06-09
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  14. 2016-02-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-06-01
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    GRANT, Barboura Patricia, Dr appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-06-01
    ➖
    CASSIDY, Ian Hector Sidney resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-03-21
    ➖
    CUBIE, Andrew, Sir resigned
    director
  19. 2004-04-09
    ➕
    CASSIDY, Ian Hector Sidney appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-04-09
    ➖
    MACKENZIE, Charles Angus resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-04-09
    ➖
    MACKENZIE, Charles Angus resigned
    director
  22. 2001-07-05
    ➖
    GRANT, Barboura Patricia resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-07-05
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Charles Angus appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-07-05
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Charles Angus appointed
    director
  25. 1997-04-04
    ➕
    CUBIE, Andrew, Sir appointed
    director
  26. 1964-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As NORFROST HOLDINGS LIMITED

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 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Grant
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Alexander Grantceased 03/02/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1964-12-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

Bridgend, Georgemas Junction
Georgemas
Halkirk
Caithness
KW12 6XA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GRANT, Barboura Patricia, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-01
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Active
GRANT, Alexander→
director · ~84y
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Active
GRANT, Barboura Patricia, Dr→
director · ~82y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASSIDY, Ian Hector Sidney→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-09 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
GRANT, Barboura Patricia→
secretary · resigned 2001-07-05
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Charles Angus→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2004-04-09
Resigned
CUBIE, Andrew, Sir→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-04-04 · resigned 2005-03-21
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Charles Angus→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2004-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (125 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07