VLX NOMINEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC496254 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-29

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

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-15
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2025-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-02
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-02-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2017-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-01-29
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Company incorporated
As VLX NOMINEES LIMITED
2015-01-29
➕
ANDERSON, Keith Thomas appointed
director
2015-01-29
➕
DINSMORE, Keith Charles appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Group structure

Vialex Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Vialex Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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VLX NOMINEES LIMITED

This company · SC496254

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Vialex Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-01-29

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Floor 3 1 - 4 Atholl Crescent

Edinburgh

EH3 8HA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDERSON, Keith Thomas→

director · ~69y · appointed 2015-01-29

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Active

DINSMORE, Keith Charles→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-01-29

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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-05-26

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-05-15