NISTAPLOX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC180067 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-28
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
£26.9k
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £9,712

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£26.9k—
Gross profit£26.9k—
Operating profit£9.7k—
Profit before tax£9.7k—
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-12-09
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-28
    ➖
    NELSON GILMOUR SMITH resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2025-05-28
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-04-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-04-19
    ➕
    ACKET-HEUSDENS, Johanna Ernestine Christiana appointed
    director
  11. 2024-04-19
    ➕
    HEUSDENS-VAN HEEK, Mechteld appointed
    director
  12. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 1997-11-03
    ➕
    HEUSDENS, Jasper Jacobus Christiaan, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 1997-11-03
    ➕
    NELSON GILMOUR SMITH appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1997-11-03
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-11-03
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1997-10-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NISTAPLOX LIMITED
  25. 1997-10-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-10-28
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mechteld Heusdens
Individual · Dutch · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
50–75%
—50-75% shares22/03/2017
Mrs Johanna Ernestine Acket-Heusdens
Individual · Dutch · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Nelson Gilmour Smith & Co
53 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G2 6TB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ACKET-HEUSDENS, Johanna Ernestine Christiana→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEUSDENS, Jasper Jacobus Christiaan, Dr→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEUSDENS-VAN HEEK, Mechteld→
director · ~79y · appointed 2024-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NELSON GILMOUR SMITH→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-11-03 · resigned 2025-05-28
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-28 · resigned 1997-11-03
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-28 · resigned 1997-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25