NORTH EAST MACHINERY SALES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC670076 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-06
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.
🔒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
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46140SIC 46140
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-08-06📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Gsc Middleton of Potterton Limited
- 2024-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-08-05📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2021-08-05📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2020-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-23📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-08-06🏢Company incorporatedAs NORTH EAST MACHINERY SALES LIMITED
- 2020-08-06➕THOMSON, Ian Andrew appointeddirector
- 2020-08-06➕THOMSON, Ian Christie appointeddirector
- 2020-08-06➕THOMSON, James Andrew appointeddirector
- 2020-08-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ian Andrew Thomson Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/08/2020 |
Mr James Andrew Thomson Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/08/2020 |
Mr Ian Christie Thomson Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/08/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Middleton Of Potterton
Whitecairns
Aberdeen
AB23 8US
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
THOMSON, Ian Andrew→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMSON, Ian Christie→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2020-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMSON, James Andrew→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Gsc Middleton of Potterton Gsc Middleton of Potterton Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/12/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (21 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2021-08-05