NORDVEST UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC476040 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-24
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 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 Liabilities
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£0£98k£195k£293k£390k£488kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£296.1k
Current assets—£487.7k
Cash—£133.1k
Debtors—£330.3k
Net assets—£295.9k
Average employees300—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-08
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    MATHISEN, Per Jarle resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-01
    ➕
    MATHISEN, Per Jarle appointed
    director
  12. 2022-05-31
    ➖
    SAETREN, Rune resigned
    director
  13. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-29
    ➕
    ALMENNING, Arve Martin appointed
    director
  18. 2017-11-29
    ➕
    ALMENNING, Randi Oldeide appointed
    director
  19. 2017-11-29
    ➕
    NYDAL, Gustav Johan appointed
    director
  20. 2017-11-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2017-11-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2017-11-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2014-11-20
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    SAETREN, Rune appointed
    director
  24. 2014-11-19
    ➖
    ALMENNING, Jonny resigned
    director
  25. 2014-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As NORDVEST UK LTD
  26. 2014-04-24
    ➕
    MCLELLAN, David appointed
    director
  27. 2014-04-24
    ➕
    ALMENNING, Jonny appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Mclellan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
——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
Incorporated2014-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
Tayside
PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ALMENNING, Arve Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALMENNING, Randi Oldeide→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLELLAN, David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NYDAL, Gustav Johan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALMENNING, Jonny→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-04-24 · resigned 2014-11-19
Resigned
MATHISEN, Per Jarle→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-06-01 · resigned 2025-12-08
Resigned
SAETREN, Rune→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-11-20 · resigned 2022-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21