NEILSON INVESTMENTS LTD
🌱Startupactive
SC813540 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-13
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (63/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
5 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 | 2025-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-13🏢Company incorporatedAs NEILSON INVESTMENTS LTD
- 2024-06-13➕NEILSON, Glen Stewart appointeddirector
- 2024-06-13➕NEILSON, Grant Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-06-13➕NEILSON, Hugh appointeddirector
- 2024-06-13➕NEILSON, Ross appointeddirector
- 2024-06-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "NEILSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| ELLISLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC230498 · est 2002 | £3.39M £2.88M–£3.89M | — | £3.39M | — | 24y | 82 | 72y |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-06-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Park Farm
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 0QL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
NEILSON, Glen Stewart→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2024-06-13
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NEILSON, Grant Thomas→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2024-06-13
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NEILSON, Hugh→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-06-13
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NEILSON, Ross→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-06-13
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Recent filings (5 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-13