NORTH WIND ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC323888 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-17

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 · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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3 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-12
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2024-10-20
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2023-10-14
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2022-10-18
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2021-10-15
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2020-12-02
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2019-09-27
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2018-08-09
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2018-01-12
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2016-10-14
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2016-05-22
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2015-09-30
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2015-05-18
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2014-09-11
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2014-05-17
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2010-05-31
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CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander resigned
director
2010-05-31
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GAULD, Richard resigned
director
2010-05-31
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WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord resigned
director
2007-05-18
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CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander appointed
director
2007-05-18
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WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord appointed
director
2007-05-17
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Company incorporated
As NORTH WIND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
2007-05-17
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GRAY, Alistair Budge appointed
secretary
2007-05-17
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GRAY, Alistair Budge appointed
director
2007-05-17
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JENKINS, Richard William Arthur Howard appointed
director
2007-05-17
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GAULD, Richard 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alistair Budge Gray Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/05/2017
Mr Richard Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/05/2017

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

Incorporated2007-05-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Ridgeways

Back Road

Stromness

KW16 3DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-08

Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GRAY, Alistair Budge→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-17

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Active

GRAY, Alistair Budge→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-05-17

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Active

JENKINS, Richard William Arthur Howard→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-05-17

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Active

CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander→

director · ~74y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

GAULD, Richard→

director · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-17 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

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