NEW MALONE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC180095 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-29
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£72.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,238
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,402 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£72k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£885
↑ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£29k£44k£59k£74kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£72.2k£73.6k
Current assets£885£567
Net assets£72.2k£73.6k

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

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Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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  2. 2025-05-29
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  3. 2025-05-28
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-28
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  5. 2025-05-27
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  6. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2024-02-21
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  9. 2022-12-01
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  10. 2022-05-09
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  11. 2020-10-07
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  12. 2019-10-16
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  13. 2019-10-09
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  14. 2019-08-31
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    RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin resigned
    director
  15. 2019-08-19
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    RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin appointed
    director
  16. 2019-08-19
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  17. 2018-11-09
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-08
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-11-08
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  20. 2018-11-02
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    RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin resigned
    director
  21. 2018-11-01
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    RANGE, Harry Hans appointed
    director
  22. 2018-02-07
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    RANGE, Henry Hans resigned
    director
  23. 2014-10-25
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    CAMERON, Waverley Duncan resigned
    director
  24. 1998-10-22
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    RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-10-22
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    HOGARTH, Lance William Stembridge appointed
    director
  26. 1998-10-22
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    ORR MACQUEEN WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-10-22
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    CAMERON, Waverley Duncan appointed
    director
  28. 1998-10-22
    ➖
    NASH, Derek Andrew resigned
    director
  29. 1998-10-22
    ➖
    ORR, Pauline Anne resigned
    director
  30. 1998-10-22
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    RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin appointed
    director
  31. 1998-10-22
    ➕
    RANGE, Henry Hans appointed
    director
  32. 1997-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As NEW MALONE COMPANY LIMITED
  33. 1997-10-29
    ➕
    ORR MACQUEEN WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1997-10-29
    ➕
    NASH, Derek Andrew appointed
    director
  35. 1997-10-29
    ➕
    ORR, Pauline Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Harry Hans Range
Individual · Canadian · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Professor William Hugh Salvin Rampenceased 02/11/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated1997-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Cavers Garden Farm
Denholm
Hawick
Roxburghshire
TD9 8LN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGARTH, Lance William Stembridge→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANGE, Harry Hans→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ORR MACQUEEN WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-29 · resigned 1998-10-22
Resigned
CAMERON, Waverley Duncan→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 2014-10-25
Resigned
NASH, Derek Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-10-29 · resigned 1998-10-22
Resigned
ORR, Pauline Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-10-29 · resigned 1998-10-22
Resigned
RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-08-19 · resigned 2019-08-31
Resigned
RAMPEN, William Hugh Salvin→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 2018-11-02
Resigned
RANGE, Henry Hans→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 2018-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29