NEVIS DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC255855 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-12
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 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£4.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, 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

1 live charge · oldest 22.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,635
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,290 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£17k£26k£34k£43kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£4.6k£8.9k
Current assets£29.8k£43.1k
Cash£7.0k—
Debtors£22.8k£43.1k
Net assets£4.6k£8.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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  2. 2026-01-06
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  3. 2026-01-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-09-26
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    address · AD01
  5. 2025-08-21
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  6. 2024-09-27
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  7. 2023-09-28
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  8. 2022-10-03
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  9. 2021-09-24
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  10. 2020-10-22
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  11. 2019-08-01
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  12. 2018-07-18
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  13. 2018-01-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-07-14
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  15. 2016-04-15
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  16. 2015-09-22
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  17. 2004-01-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2004-01-07
    ➕
    SCOTT, Sophie Arna appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-01-07
    ➕
    SCOTT, Sophie Arna appointed
    director
  20. 2004-01-07
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-12-15
    ➕
    SCOTT, Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2003-12-15
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As NEVIS DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  24. 2003-09-12
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-09-12
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 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 candidate

Strong 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 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sophie Arna Scott
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Graham Scott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

23/2 Belgrave Crescent
Edinburgh
EH4 3AL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Sophie Arna→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT, Graham→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-15
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Active
SCOTT, Sophie Arna→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-07
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Active
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-12 · resigned 2004-01-07
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-12 · resigned 2003-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property22/01/200406/01/2026

Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16