NORTHERN DATA LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC255420 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-05

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-06-03
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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accounts · AA
2023-06-01
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accounts · AA
2022-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-20
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accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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accounts · AA
2018-05-04
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accounts · AA
2017-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-10
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officers · TM01
2015-09-10
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officers · TM02
2015-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-02-09
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ROBSON, Alexander Stewart resigned
secretary
2015-02-09
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ROBSON, Alexander Stewart resigned
director
2014-09-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2006-09-11
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ROBSON, Scott Alexander appointed
director
2004-03-19
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ROBSON, Alexander Stewart appointed
secretary
2004-03-19
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ROBSON, Anthony Cameron resigned
secretary
2003-09-05
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Company incorporated
As NORTHERN DATA LTD
2003-09-05
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ROBSON, Anthony Cameron appointed
director
2003-09-05
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ROBSON, Mildred Joan appointed
director
2003-09-05
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ROBSON, Anthony Cameron appointed
secretary
2003-09-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-05
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ROBSON, Alexander Stewart 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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott Alexander Robson Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	05/09/2016

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

Incorporated2003-09-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Craigton

Grant Road

Grantown-On-Spey

Moray

PH26 3LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROBSON, Anthony Cameron→

director · ~53y · appointed 2003-09-05

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Active

ROBSON, Mildred Joan→

director · ~80y · appointed 2003-09-05

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Active

ROBSON, Scott Alexander→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-09-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROBSON, Alexander Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-19 · resigned 2015-02-09

Resigned

ROBSON, Anthony Cameron→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2004-03-19

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-05

Resigned

ROBSON, Alexander Stewart→

director · ~82y · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2015-02-09

Resigned

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