NOMINATIONS (STORNOWAY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC075947 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1981-09-01

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

69 officers (10 active, 69 linked, 64 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

235 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (116 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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officers · TM01
2026-04-02
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officers · AP01
2026-03-31
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LESLIE, Jacqueline resigned
director
2026-03-23
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KERR, Christopher James appointed
director
2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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CAMPBELL, Gary resigned
director
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-08-05
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officers · TM01
2025-07-31
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MUNRO, Donald John resigned
director
2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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RUTHERFORD, Paul John William resigned
director
2022-06-30
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officers · TM01
2022-02-25
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officers · CH01
2021-10-18
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officers · AP01
2021-10-14
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MEEHAN, John Gerard appointed
director
2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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accounts · AA
2019-10-07
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accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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officers · CH01
2019-02-18
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officers · CH01
2019-02-18
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officers · CH01
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2018-07-13
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MONTEITH, Thomas William resigned
director
2018-01-14
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FULTON, Karen Elizabeth resigned
director
2017-11-24
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RUTHERFORD, Paul John William appointed
director
2017-10-27
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DOWLE, Christopher Jeremy resigned
director
2017-08-31
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FLETCHER, Frank William resigned
director
2017-02-21
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BROWN, Steven resigned
director
2015-12-15
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DOWLE, Christopher Jeremy appointed
director
2015-05-27
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-05-27
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CRERAR, Lorne Donald appointed
director
2015-05-27
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DONCASTER, Julie appointed
director
2015-05-27
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MCINDOE, David appointed
director
2015-05-27
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SKINNER, Paula appointed
director
2015-05-27
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WATT, Jamie Douglas Sinclair appointed
director
2015-05-27
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FLETCHER, Frank William resigned
secretary
2015-05-27
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BROWN, Steven appointed
director
2015-05-27
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CAMPBELL, Gary appointed
director
2015-05-27
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LESLIE, Jacqueline appointed
director
2015-05-27
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MUNRO, Donald John appointed
director
2015-05-27
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WYLLIE, Douglas Malcolm, Dr resigned
director
2012-07-04
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WYLLIE, Douglas Malcolm, Dr appointed
director
2008-04-30
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MARSHALL, William Lawrence resigned
director
2008-02-08
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TALBOT, Elspeth Joyce resigned
director
2008-01-07
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NIVEN, Pamela Jane appointed
director
2006-05-01
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LANG, Karen appointed
director
2006-05-01
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FULTON, Karen Elizabeth appointed
director
2005-12-31
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BAKER, Elizabeth resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 116 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CAMPBELL, Gary resigned 2025-11-25; LESLIE, Jacqueline resigned 2026-03-31; MUNRO, Donald John resigned 2025-07-31

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1981-09-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

The Ca'D'Oro

45 Gordon Street

Glasgow

G1 3PE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07