NEVIS CROFT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC741387 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£28.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 3.8y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,164
Cash YoY
+88%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↑ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↑ 167% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£11k£17k£23k£28kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£437.3k£431.4k
Cash£19.2k£10.2k
Net assets£28.2k£10.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-11-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-10-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  8. 2022-10-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-09-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-09-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  11. 2022-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As NEVIS CROFT LIMITED
  12. 2022-08-16
    ➕
    CORBETT, John James appointed
    director
  13. 2022-08-16
    ➕
    CORBETT, Lewis John appointed
    director
  14. 2022-08-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John James Corbett
Individual · British · DOB 03/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/08/2022
Mr Lewis John Corbett
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1993 · age 33
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

R A Clement Associates
5 Argyll Square
Oban
PA34 4AZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CORBETT, John James→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-08-16
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CORBETT, Lewis John→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-08-16
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property21/10/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—20/09/2022—
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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-01
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-16