NEWTYLE COMMERCIALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC222593 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-28

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£343.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £342,965

Net assets shrinking

Down £116,989 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£343k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£200k

↓ 40% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£429.3k	£625.2k
Current assets	£199.8k	£330.8k
Net assets	£343.0k	£460.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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2015-12-22
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2015-10-09
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2014-12-19
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2003-08-19
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SIME, Garry Allan appointed
director
2003-08-19
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SIME, Richard Albert appointed
director
2003-08-19
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SIME, Steven Alexander appointed
director
2001-08-28
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Company incorporated
As NEWTYLE COMMERCIALS LIMITED
2001-08-28
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SIME, Aileen appointed
secretary
2001-08-28
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SIME, Aileen appointed
director
2001-08-28
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SIME, Allan appointed
director
2001-08-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2001-08-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-08-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2001-08-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Allan Sime Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Aileen Sime Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-08-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

63 Lorne Street

Lochee

Dundee

Tayside

DD2 3HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-01

Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

SIME, Aileen→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-28

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Active

SIME, Aileen→

director · ~75y · appointed 2001-08-28

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Active

SIME, Allan→

director · ~76y · appointed 2001-08-28

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Active

SIME, Garry Allan→

director · ~45y · appointed 2003-08-19

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Active

SIME, Richard Albert→

director · ~49y · appointed 2003-08-19

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Active

SIME, Steven Alexander→

director · ~54y · appointed 2003-08-19

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Active

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-08-28

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-08-28

Resigned

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