NITH VALLEY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC239606 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-14
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 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Site preparation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 · oldest 19.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 10 | 1000 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-01➕DAVIDSON, Alexander Paul appointeddirector
- 2025-02-01➕DAVIDSON, Daniel James appointeddirector
- 2024-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-12-31➖DAVIDSON, Norma resigneddirector
- 2006-06-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-01-16➕DAVIDSON, Glenn appointeddirector
- 2002-11-14🏢Company incorporatedAs NITH VALLEY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
- 2002-11-14➕DAVIDSON, Glenn appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-14➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-14➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-14➕DAVIDSON, Norma appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 20 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
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVIDSON, Alexander Paul (same surname) appointed 2025-02-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
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 |
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Mr Glenn Davidson Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation
Registered office
23 George Street
Dumfries
DG1 1EA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-22
Last: 2025-05-08
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
DAVIDSON, Alexander Paul→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON, Daniel James→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2025-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON, Glenn→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2002-11-14
DAVIDSON, Norma→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2010-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/10/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 20/06/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-24