NORSCOTT VENDING SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC213626 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£192.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £192,235
Cash YoY
+152%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£98k
↑ 152% YoY
Net Worth
£192k
↑ 64% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £98.1k | £38.9k |
| Net assets | £192.2k | £117.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-08📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-05-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2002-04-01➕NEWSHAM, Jacqueline Anne appointeddirector
- 2000-12-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2000-12-11🏢Company incorporatedAs NORSCOTT VENDING SERVICES LIMITED
- 2000-12-11➕NEWSHAM, Jacqueline Anne appointedsecretary
- 2000-12-11➕NEWSHAM, David Robert appointeddirector
- 2000-12-11➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-12-11➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Robert Newsham Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Jacqueline Anne Newsham Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2000-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Stadium Trading Park
Stadium Road
Inverness
Highland
IV1 1FF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
NEWSHAM, Jacqueline Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-12-11
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NEWSHAM, David Robert→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2000-12-11
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NEWSHAM, Jacqueline Anne→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2002-04-01
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-11 · resigned 2000-12-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 09/05/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 18/12/2000 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25