NEMEC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC388930 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£44.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £44,866
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,466 YoY
Cash YoY
+129%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£21k
↑ 129% YoY
Net Worth
£45k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £63.9k | £70.0k |
| Current assets | £80.0k | £69.7k |
| Cash | £21.5k | £9.4k |
| Debtors | £37.0k | £42.4k |
| Net assets | £44.9k | £51.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-08➕BEDSON, Isabel Elaine appointeddirector
- 2025-04-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-11-16🏢Company incorporatedAs NEMEC LIMITED
- 2010-11-16➕WARD, Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Isabel Elaine Bedson Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 26/03/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Neil Wardceased 31/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
27 Inveravon Drive
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
ML1 3BQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BEDSON, Isabel Elaine→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2025-08-08
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Recent filings (39 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17