NILE HQ LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC306908 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-16
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 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.9y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
97 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees403400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2024-02-29
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    capital · SH06
  4. 2024-02-02
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  5. 2023-11-17
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-11
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    capital · SH01
  7. 2023-01-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-01-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-01-25
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    capital · SH01
  10. 2023-01-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-01-16
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  12. 2022-08-29
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  13. 2022-08-09
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  14. 2022-04-14
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  15. 2022-01-05
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    capital · RP04SH01
  16. 2022-01-05
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  17. 2022-01-04
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  18. 2022-01-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-12-31
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    COOKE, Justin Alex Edward resigned
    director
  20. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-08-18
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  22. 2021-06-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  23. 2017-01-24
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    LEE, Dag Weining Herseth appointed
    director
  24. 2017-01-24
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    COOKE, Justin Alex Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2011-03-31
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    DODD, Jon Vincent resigned
    director
  26. 2011-03-31
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    STEVENS, Robert Kieron, Mr. resigned
    director
  27. 2010-08-31
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    DODD, Jon Vincent appointed
    director
  28. 2010-08-31
    ➕
    STEVENS, Robert Kieron, Mr. appointed
    director
  29. 2010-08-26
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    RONALD, Alexander Phillips resigned
    secretary
  30. 2007-02-01
    ➖
    PLEACE, Stewart Michael resigned
    secretary
  31. 2007-02-01
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    RONALD, Alexander Phillips appointed
    secretary
  32. 2007-02-01
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    PLEACE, Stewart Michael resigned
    director
  33. 2006-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As NILE HQ LTD
  34. 2006-08-16
    ➕
    RONALD, Sarah Alison appointed
    director
  35. 2006-08-16
    ➕
    PLEACE, Stewart Michael appointed
    secretary
  36. 2006-08-16
    ➕
    PLEACE, Stewart Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Sarah Alison Ronald
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Dag Weining Herseth Lee
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Justin Alex Edward Cookeceased 31/12/2021· board control

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 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
Incorporated2006-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13-15 Circus Lane
Edinburgh
EH3 6SU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

LEE, Dag Weining Herseth→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RONALD, Sarah Alison→
director · ~47y · appointed 2006-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PLEACE, Stewart Michael→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-16 · resigned 2007-02-01
Resigned
RONALD, Alexander Phillips→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2010-08-26
Resigned
COOKE, Justin Alex Edward→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-01-24 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
DODD, Jon Vincent→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-08-31 · resigned 2011-03-31
Resigned
PLEACE, Stewart Michael→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-08-16 · resigned 2007-02-01
Resigned
STEVENS, Robert Kieron, Mr.→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-08-31 · resigned 2011-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge—18/06/2021—
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Recent filings (97 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-02-29
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-01-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29