NOVAR ARMS ACCOMMODATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC433963 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees24001900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-03-02
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    ROBERTSON, Malcolm John appointed
    secretary
  7. 2022-03-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-11-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As NOVAR ARMS ACCOMMODATION LIMITED
  18. 2012-10-03
    ➕
    JAMIESON, David George appointed
    director
  19. 2012-10-03
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Callum Uisdean Donald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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 14 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David George Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Callum Uisdean Donald Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
David George Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Callum Uisdean Donald Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Taigh Ruadh
Mossfield
Invergordon
Ross-Shire
IV18 0LG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Malcolm John→
secretary · appointed 2022-03-02
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Active
JAMIESON, David George→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-10-03
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Active
ROBERTSON, Callum Uisdean Donald→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-10-03
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03