NORMAND MAXIMUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC539453 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-04
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 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 70). 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 9.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-01-09🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-01-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-24➕SOLSTAD, Lars Peder appointeddirector
- 2020-11-24➖STAKKESTAD, Sven resigneddirector
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-11-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-10-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Maximus Limited
- 2016-10-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Maximus Limited
- 2016-10-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Maximus Limited
- 2016-07-08➕LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs NORMAND MAXIMUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- 2016-07-04➕DALE, Graham Alexander appointeddirector
- 2016-07-04➕STAKKESTAD, Sven appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Normand Maximus Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Normand Maximus Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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NORMAND MAXIMUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
This company · SC539453
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normand Maximus Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200
Registered office
Johnstone House
52 - 54 Rose Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1HA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-07-08
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DALE, Graham Alexander→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-07-04
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SOLSTAD, Lars Peder→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-11-24
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STAKKESTAD, Sven→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-07-04 · resigned 2020-11-24
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Maximus Maximus Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/10/2016 | 09/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Maximus Maximus Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/10/2016 | 09/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Maximus Maximus Limited | A registered charge | — | 20/10/2016 | 09/01/2025 |
Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-04