WJM SHARE NOMINEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC149711 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1994-03-17

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£68

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

59 officers (13 active, 59 linked, 57 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

205 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £68

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£68

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£68	£68
Net assets	£68	£68

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (125 events)Click to expand

2025-07-10
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accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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officers · AP01
2025-03-01
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PEARSON, Annie Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-19
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HAMILTON, Bethia Mary resigned
director
2024-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-01
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MACDONALD, Sarah-Jane appointed
director
2024-01-01
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MARCHINI, Mirella Gabriella appointed
director
2023-12-13
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MACKAY, Iain Finlay Magnus resigned
director
2023-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-04-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-01
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HOYLE, Susan Jane resigned
director
2022-03-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-31
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CAMPBELL, James Peter resigned
director
2021-07-12
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MACKAY, Iain Finlay Magnus appointed
director
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-04
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HARRISON, Roderick Alexander Louden appointed
director
2020-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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DONALDSON, Ian resigned
director
2019-08-31
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ADAMS, Paul resigned
director
2019-08-31
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BRASS, Colin John Stewart resigned
director
2019-08-31
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CLARKE, John Bernard resigned
director
2019-08-31
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COTTON, Stephen Michael resigned
director
2019-08-31
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COWIE, Gillian resigned
director
2019-08-31
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DEWAR, Michael James resigned
director
2019-08-31
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DOCHERTY, Steven John resigned
director
2019-08-31
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DUNN, Iain Cameron resigned
director
2019-08-31
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ENTWISTLE, Liam Anthony resigned
director
2019-08-31
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KING, Stewart Alexander resigned
director
2019-08-31
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LONG, Kenneth Burnie resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MACKENZIE, Keith Hamilton resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MACLEOD, Angus George resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MARSHALL, Alison resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MCFARLANE, Andrew Mark resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MILLAR, Colin John resigned
director
2019-08-31
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O'NEILL, Martin Thomas Burnett resigned
director
2019-08-31
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OCKRIM, Joanne resigned
director
2019-08-31
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QUAIL, Thomas Lloyd resigned
director
2019-08-31
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SMART, John Douglas resigned
director
2019-08-31
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STEPHEN, Martin Sutherland resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 125 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACDONALD, Sarah-Jane (same surname) appointed 2024-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie Llp

Corporate parent

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WJM SHARE NOMINEES LIMITED

This company · SC149711

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie Llp Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/06/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1994-03-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

St Vincent Plaza

319 St. Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5RZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07