NEXTLIFE GENERATION LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC847837 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-08
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-04-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-08-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-08-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-05
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2025-08-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-07-17
    GONELLA, Max appointed
    director
  8. 2025-07-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-06-27
    SMITH, Robert Haldane, Lord appointed
    director
  10. 2025-05-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NEXTLIFE GENERATION LIMITED
  11. 2025-05-08
    PORTER, Matthew appointed
    director
  12. 2025-05-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-04-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Max Gonella
Individual · British · DOB 04/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/07/2025
Mr Matthew Porter
Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/05/2025

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
Incorporated2025-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael
7-11 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7PE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GONELLA, Max
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-07-17
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Active
PORTER, Matthew
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-05-08
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Active
SMITH, Robert Haldane, Lord
director · ~82y · appointed 2025-06-27
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-08