NATURE IN MIND LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC344430 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-16
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
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-04
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    SCOTT, Katie Malcolm resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2022-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2021-01-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-01-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-24
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    ORR, Ronald Holmes resigned
    director
  19. 2016-12-23
    ➖
    CONACHER, Elizabeth Rosemary Towsey resigned
    director
  20. 2016-02-05
    ➕
    SCOTT, Donald Somerville appointed
    director
  21. 2016-02-05
    ➕
    CONACHER, Elizabeth Rosemary Towsey appointed
    director
  22. 2016-02-05
    ➕
    ORR, Ronald Holmes appointed
    director
  23. 2016-02-05
    ➕
    SCOTT, Katie Malcolm appointed
    director
  24. 2008-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As NATURE IN MIND LTD.
  25. 2008-06-16
    ➕
    SCOTT, Julia appointed
    director
  26. 2008-06-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-06-16
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-06-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2008-06-16
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 69 — 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 69. 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Julia Scott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Donald Somerville Scott
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Katie Malcolm Scottceased 04/03/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-06-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Ardlair
Gryffe Road
Kilmacolm
PA13 4BA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SCOTT, Donald Somerville→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT, Julia→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-16 · resigned 2008-06-16
Resigned
CONACHER, Elizabeth Rosemary Towsey→
director · ~95y · appointed 2016-02-05 · resigned 2016-12-23
Resigned
ORR, Ronald Holmes→
director · ~93y · appointed 2016-02-05 · resigned 2016-12-24
Resigned
SCOTT, Katie Malcolm→
director · ~30y · appointed 2016-02-05 · resigned 2026-03-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-06-16 · resigned 2008-06-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20