NUTSCENE TWINES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC534463 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-04
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 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13940
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
32 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-14
    ➖
    LESLIE, Donna resigned
    secretary
  8. 2021-06-14
    ➖
    LESLIE, Donna Elizabeth resigned
    director
  9. 2021-06-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-06-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-01
    ➕
    LESLIE, Donna Elizabeth appointed
    director
  13. 2019-04-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-02-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2019-02-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2019-02-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-01-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2018-08-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2018-08-01
    ➕
    CLARK, Laura Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2016-08-31
    ➕
    YOUNG, Shona Jemima Henderson appointed
    director
  24. 2016-08-31
    ➖
    YOUNG, Joseph resigned
    director
  25. 2016-05-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NUTSCENE TWINES LTD
  26. 2016-05-04
    ➕
    LESLIE, Donna appointed
    secretary
  27. 2016-05-04
    ➕
    YOUNG, Joseph 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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Ms Shona Jemima Henderson Young
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence04/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC13940 — SIC 13940

Registered office

Kingston House
Kingston Place
Forfar
DD8 2RG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CLARK, Laura Margaret→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Shona Jemima Henderson→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LESLIE, Donna→
secretary · appointed 2016-05-04 · resigned 2021-06-14
Resigned
LESLIE, Donna Elizabeth→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2021-06-14
Resigned
YOUNG, Joseph→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-05-04 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—04/02/2019—
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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22