THE WILLIAMSON GROUP LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC032547 · ltd · incorporated 1957-09-10
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Leverage-led grower with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 47.7y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £221,310

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£221.3k£56.2k
Average employees1230011500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-06-18
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    Charge satisfied #5
  4. 2025-03-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  5. 2025-03-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-03-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-03-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2025-03-20
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    WILLIAMSON, Crystelle Agnes Sutherland resigned
    secretary
  9. 2025-03-20
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    WILLIAMSON, Crystelle Agnes Sutherland resigned
    director
  10. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2020-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-01-30
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2020-01-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2019-12-23
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Gary Vincent Williamson
  21. 2019-12-20
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    WILLIAMSON, James Watson resigned
    director
  22. 2019-11-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  23. 2019-11-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2019-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2011-06-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 2008-06-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 2005-10-01
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, Donald James resigned
    director
  29. 2005-05-01
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    WILLIAMSON, Mark Archibald appointed
    director
  30. 1998-04-15
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, Mark Archibald resigned
    director
  31. 1989-06-12
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, James Watson resigned
    director
  32. 1988-02-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  33. 1979-03-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  34. 1978-09-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  35. 1957-09-10
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    Company incorporated
    As THE WILLIAMSON GROUP LIMITED

Owner dependency

99/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILLIAMSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 69 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

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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
Incorporated1957-09-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

5 Walker Road
Inverness
IV1 1TD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Gary Vincent→
director · ~62y
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Mark Archibald→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-05-01
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Crystelle Agnes Sutherland→
secretary · resigned 2025-03-20
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Crystelle Agnes Sutherland→
director · ~87y · resigned 2025-03-20
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Donald James→
director · ~90y · resigned 2005-10-01
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, James Watson→
director · ~66y · resigned 2019-12-20
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, James Watson→
director · ~66y · resigned 1989-06-12
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Mark Archibald→
director · ~60y · resigned 1998-04-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—30/01/2020—
satisfied
Gary Vincent Williamson / James Watson Williamson / Mark Archibald Williamson
A registered charge1 property23/12/201918/06/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property27/06/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Letter of offset1 property01/02/1988—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property19/03/197922/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property20/09/197811/11/2019
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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-03-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-05