NEWDAY LHF LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC183143 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-19
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 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-05-15🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-08-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-03-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2006-02-17➕WATT, Gordon Robert appointeddirector
- 1998-02-19🏢Company incorporatedAs NEWDAY LHF LIMITED
- 1998-02-19➕WATT, Gordon Robert appointedsecretary
- 1998-02-19➕WATT, Gillian appointeddirector
- 1998-02-19➕FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-02-19➖FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-02-19➕FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-02-19➖FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 28 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gordon Robert Watt Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
43 Craiglockhart Gardens
Edinburgh
EH14 1LZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WATT, Gordon Robert→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-02-19
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WATT, Gillian→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1998-02-19
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WATT, Gordon Robert→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-19 · resigned 1998-02-19
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-02-19 · resigned 1998-02-19
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/08/2016 | 15/05/2023 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 14/03/2006 | 03/12/2019 |
Recent filings (77 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26