NITHSDALE PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC457556 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 12.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees252600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-07
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  4. 2025-06-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-05-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-01
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    LAIDLAW, Darren appointed
    director
  8. 2025-04-01
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    LIVINGSTONE, Lee appointed
    director
  9. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-05
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-08-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-11-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2013-11-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2013-10-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2013-08-23
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    Company incorporated
    As NITHSDALE PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED
  23. 2013-08-23
    ➕
    LIVINGSTONE, Paula appointed
    director
  24. 2013-08-23
    ➕
    LIVINGSTONE, Stephen Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

56/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LIVINGSTONE, Lee (same surname) appointed 2025-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Paula Livingstone
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Stephen Robert Livingstone
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-08-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Unit 6a 2
Catherinefield Industrial Estate
Dumfries
DG1 3PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LAIDLAW, Darren→
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Lee→
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Paula→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-08-23
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Stephen Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-08-23
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/11/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/11/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property18/10/2013—
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-26
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2025-08-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09