NYTHVA LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC057726 · ltd · incorporated 1975-05-08

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£866.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Security dealing on own account

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £866,549

Cash YoY

+121%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£98k

↑ 121% YoY

Net Worth

£867k

↑ 2.8% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£895.3k	£867.2k
Cash	£98.3k	£44.4k
Net assets	£866.5k	£842.6k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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address · AD01
2016-04-20
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MCKERROW, Gordon Robertson appointed
secretary
2016-04-20
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MESSRS PRIMROSE & GORDON resigned
corporate-secretary
1996-01-23
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MCKERROW, Maureen Grant appointed
director
1996-01-23
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MCKERROW, Allan Henry resigned
director
1993-03-19
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IRVING, James Wyllie resigned
secretary
1993-03-19
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MESSRS PRIMROSE & GORDON appointed
corporate-secretary
1991-01-31
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MCKERROW, Henry George resigned
director
1975-05-08
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Company incorporated
As NYTHVA LTD

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Robertson Mckerrow Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016
Mrs Maureen Grant Mckerrow Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated1975-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

6 Ettrick Court

Dalbeattie Road

Dumfries

DG2 7PD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MCKERROW, Gordon Robertson→

secretary · appointed 2016-04-20

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Active

MCKERROW, Gordon Robertson→

director · ~78y

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Active

MCKERROW, Maureen Grant→

director · ~72y · appointed 1996-01-23

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Active

IRVING, James Wyllie→

secretary · resigned 1993-03-19

Resigned

MESSRS PRIMROSE & GORDON→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-03-19 · resigned 2016-04-20

Resigned

MCKERROW, Allan Henry→

director · ~79y · resigned 1996-01-23

Resigned

MCKERROW, Henry George→

director · resigned 1991-01-31

Resigned

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