NITRON INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC047915 · ltd · incorporated 1970-09-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 40.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£431.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 40.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £431,443

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£431k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£86k£173k£259k£345k£431kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£465.7k£437.3k
Current assets£7.8k£9.9k
Net assets£431.4k£406.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-23
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  4. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-30
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Colin Cameron appointed
    director
  14. 2017-11-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-11-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2017-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-02-20
    ➕
    FORBES, Shona appointed
    secretary
  18. 2017-02-20
    ➕
    AULD, Mhairi appointed
    director
  19. 2017-02-20
    ➕
    FORBES, Shona Gillian appointed
    director
  20. 2017-02-20
    ➖
    FORBES, Rachel Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-02-20
    ➖
    FORBES, Alexander Douglas resigned
    director
  22. 2017-02-20
    ➖
    FORBES, Rachel Mary resigned
    director
  23. 2014-09-09
    ➕
    FORBES, Donald Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2003-02-26
    ➕
    FORBES, Rachel Mary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-02-26
    ➖
    ROBERTSON PAUL resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    FORBES, Alexander Douglas appointed
    director
  27. 1999-06-23
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron appointed
    director
  29. 1996-09-03
    ➖
    KENNEDY, Catherine Dick resigned
    director
  30. 1996-02-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON PAUL appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1996-02-01
    ➖
    ROBERTSON PAUL resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1985-07-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Nationwide Building Society
  33. 1970-09-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NITRON INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 56 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Euan Cameron Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Douglas Forbesceased 12/08/2017· 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
Incorporated1970-09-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

41 Strathblane Road
Milngavie
Glasgow
G62 8HA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (6 active · 6 resigned)

FORBES, Shona→
secretary · appointed 2017-02-20
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Active
AULD, Mhairi→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-02-20
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Active
FORBES, Donald Robert→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-09-09
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Active
FORBES, Shona Gillian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-02-20
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Active
KENNEDY, Colin Cameron→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-11-30
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Active
KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-09-03
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Active
FORBES, Rachel Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2017-02-20
Resigned
ROBERTSON PAUL→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-02-01 · resigned 2003-02-26
Resigned
ROBERTSON PAUL→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1996-02-01
Resigned
FORBES, Alexander Douglas→
director · ~89y · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2017-02-20
Resigned
FORBES, Rachel Mary→
director · ~91y · resigned 2017-02-20
Resigned
KENNEDY, Catherine Dick→
director · ~80y · resigned 1996-09-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Nationwide
Nationwide Building Society
Standard security1 property28/07/198523/06/1999

Recent filings (113 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17