NEW LEVEL ESTATES SCOTLAND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC446213 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-27

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-7.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -96% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £7,784

Very low cash

Cash position: £59

Cash draining

Cash down 96% YoY

Cash YoY

-96%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£59

↓ 96% YoY

Net Worth

-£8k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Assets

£79

↓ 98% 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	£-7.8k	£-16.3k
Current assets	£79	£3.2k
Cash	£59	£1.4k
Debtors	£20	£1.8k
Net assets	£-7.8k	£-16.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-06-05
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2024-05-28
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accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-11-24
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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accounts · AA
2020-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-07-22
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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B20 WESSEX LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2018-12-18
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B20 LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2018-12-18
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officers · AP04
2018-12-18
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officers · TM02
2018-12-15
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-07-15
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accounts · AA
2016-05-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-24
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accounts · AA
2015-06-12
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2013-03-27
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Company incorporated
As NEW LEVEL ESTATES SCOTLAND LIMITED
2013-03-27
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MACK, Timothy Gordon appointed
director
2013-03-27
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B20 LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy Gordon Mack Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	27/03/2017

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

Incorporated2013-03-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Wraes

Corslie Hill Road

By Houston Johnston

PA6 7HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

B20 WESSEX LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-12-18

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Active

MACK, Timothy Gordon→

director · ~72y · appointed 2013-03-27

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Active

B20 LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-03-27 · resigned 2018-12-18

Resigned

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