NORTH EAST TREE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC340409 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-28

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£28.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02400

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,190

Cash YoY

+35%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↑ 35% YoY

Net Worth

£28k

↑ 4970% YoY

Current Assets

£34k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£38.3k	£5.2k
Current assets	£34.1k	£23.4k
Cash	£21.4k	£15.9k
Debtors	£12.6k	£7.5k
Net assets	£28.2k	£556

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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accounts · AA
2020-08-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-08-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-19
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officers · AP01
2020-08-01
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SEDGWICK, Jacob Jorgen appointed
director
2019-11-19
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accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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accounts · AA
2017-12-11
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accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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officers · TM02
2017-11-29
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officers · TM01
2016-12-16
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accounts · AA
2016-01-09
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SEDGWICK, Pauline resigned
secretary
2016-01-09
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SEDGWICK, Pauline resigned
director
2008-03-28
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Company incorporated
As NORTH EAST TREE SERVICES LIMITED
2008-03-28
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SEDGWICK, Michael Kristian appointed
director
2008-03-28
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SEDGWICK, Pauline appointed
secretary
2008-03-28
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SEDGWICK, Pauline appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 68. 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 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Jacob Jorgen Sedgwick Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/08/2020
Mr Michael Kristian Sedgwick Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-03-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Park House Centre

South Street

Elgin

IV30 1JB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-11

Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SEDGWICK, Jacob Jorgen→

director · ~44y · appointed 2020-08-01

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Active

SEDGWICK, Michael Kristian→

director · ~68y · appointed 2008-03-28

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Active

SEDGWICK, Pauline→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2016-01-09

Resigned

SEDGWICK, Pauline→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2016-01-09

Resigned

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