PRO-SUB SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC372727 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-10
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£453.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £453,716
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,524 YoY
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£44k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£454k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↑ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£91k£182k£274k£365k£456kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£495.5k£492.4k
Current assets£44.0k£43.6k
Cash£44.0k£34.8k
Debtors—£8.8k
Net assets£453.7k£456.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-14
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    NEKREWS, Caroline appointed
    director
  6. 2023-12-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-11
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  16. 2016-03-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-02-28
    ➕
    NEKREWS, Caroline . appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PRO-SUB SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2010-02-10
    ➕
    NEKREWS, John Anthony 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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 16 years.
  • 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
Mrs Caroline Nekrews
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Anthony Nekrews
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Tigh Mara Bruntland Road
Portlethen
Aberdeen
AB12 4QN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

NEKREWS, Caroline .→
secretary · appointed 2012-02-28
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Active
NEKREWS, Caroline→
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-12-14
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NEKREWS, John Anthony→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-02-10
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Active

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-25