NWH HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC303441 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 90 days, no clear direction yet.

· Refinance opportunity: too_messy → clean_up_first

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

Mixed signals in the last 90 days — 0 improved, 0 worsened.

·Refinance opportunity: too_messy → clean_up_first

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74990Non-trading company

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 17.7y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (88/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (8 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,103,956

Key financials

3 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Profit before tax	£1.10M	—	—
Average employees	373	—	—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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accounts · AA
2025-12-11
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-05
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-11-12
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officers · TM01
2025-10-31
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BLACK, Nairn Gordon resigned
director
2025-06-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-09
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capital · SH08
2025-05-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-02-13
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-01-30
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officers · AP01
2024-01-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-24
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MONEY, Gavin appointed
director
2024-01-24
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WILLIAMS, Nicola Inglis appointed
director
2024-01-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-31
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WILLIAMS, Mark Paul resigned
director
2023-07-11
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-07-11
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-05-13
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RAY, Richard Foster Devenish appointed
director
2022-05-13
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ROBERTSON, Colin Dugaid appointed
director
2022-05-13
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BLACK, Nairn Gordon appointed
director
2022-05-13
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MCCORMICK, John Robert resigned
director
2021-11-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-06-10
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MACMILLAN, William resigned
director
2016-11-18
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Charge satisfied #3
2016-03-14
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MACMILLAN, William appointed
director
2015-12-30
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HIGGINS, Lynne resigned
director
2015-04-01
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HILL, Gordon Arthur appointed
director
2015-04-01
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HIGGINS, Lynne appointed
director
2015-04-01
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MCCORMICK, John Robert appointed
director
2010-03-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2009-01-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2008-11-28
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MCCOY, Catherine Angela resigned
director
2008-11-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-09-30
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CLARKE, Jeremy Edwin resigned
director
2007-06-14
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MCCOY, Catherine Angela appointed
director
2006-08-28
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CLARKE, Jeremy Edwin appointed
director
2006-06-09
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WILLIAMS, Richard Anthony appointed
secretary
2006-06-09
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WILLIAMS, Craig David John appointed
director
2006-06-09
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WILLIAMS, Richard Anthony appointed
director
2006-06-09
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WILLIAMS, Mark Paul appointed
director
2006-06-07
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-07
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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

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 Craig David John Williams Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/05/2025
Mr Mark Paul Williams Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/05/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-06-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Unit 5

Mayfield Industrial Estate

Mayfield, Dalkeith

Midlothian

EH22 4AD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-09

Last: 2026-05-26