WOODSMILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04058199 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-23

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£39

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

43 officers (8 active, 43 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

150 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £39

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£39

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£39	—
Debtors	£39	—
Net assets	£39	—
Average employees	—	700

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (99 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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MCCLURE, Neil Allan resigned
director
2026-02-18
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officers · TM01
2025-12-17
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officers · AP01
2025-12-09
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THOMPSON, John Richard appointed
director
2025-12-04
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officers · CH01
2025-07-29
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accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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officers · AP01
2025-03-30
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MORGAN, Kathryn Anne appointed
director
2025-03-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-17
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MARTIN, Stuart Edward resigned
director
2025-02-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-20
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officers · TM02
2023-12-22
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CHARLESWORTH, Dolores resigned
secretary
2023-12-14
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officers · AP01
2023-12-07
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GAYLE, Sheila Marion appointed
director
2023-08-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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LYALL, Joanna Helen appointed
director
2023-01-26
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officers · AP01
2022-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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MCCLURE, Neil Allan appointed
director
2022-02-21
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officers · AP01
2021-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-09
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JACH, June Diane resigned
director
2021-08-04
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-20
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HALL, Deanne Stephanie resigned
secretary
2021-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
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BRUCE, William appointed
director
2021-05-11
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officers · AP01
2021-04-22
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PATRICK, Lynn resigned
director
2021-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-02
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EARNSHAW, Craig Ross resigned
director
2019-11-05
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EARNSHAW, Craig Ross appointed
director
2019-07-19
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J H WATSON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2019-07-19
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SHEERAN, James William resigned
secretary
2019-07-11
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PACKHAM, Nicholas John resigned
director
2019-06-17
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JACH, June Diane appointed
director
2019-01-10
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REAY, Myrna Sylvia resigned
director
2018-05-12
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WHELLER, Alison Jane resigned
director
2018-02-16
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SHEERAN, James William appointed
secretary
2017-11-08
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GARSIDE, Richard resigned
director
2017-01-06
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WHELLER, Alison Jane appointed
director
2016-12-09
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GARSIDE, Richard appointed
director
2016-02-12
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SELLEY, Christopher John appointed
director
2015-04-15
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LAWSON, Christopher John resigned
director
2014-12-04
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HALL, Deanne Stephanie appointed
secretary
2014-01-31
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DUFFY, Emily Hope Philomena resigned
secretary
2013-12-05
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REAY, Myrna Sylvia appointed
director
2013-11-01
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GREY, Roger John resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-08-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Glendevon House 4 Hawthorn Park

Coal Road

Leeds

LS14 1PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-23

Last: 2025-08-09