IVAN WOOD & SONS LIMITED

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SC190704 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-292024-04-29
Average employees23002500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-16
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  3. 2023-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-10
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  7. 2021-03-09
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  8. 2021-02-12
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-30
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    capital · SH03
  10. 2020-04-14
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    capital · SH06
  11. 2020-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-30
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    capital · SH03
  13. 2019-07-23
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  14. 2019-07-22
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  15. 2019-07-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-07-22
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-07-02
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    capital · SH10
  18. 2019-07-02
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    capital · SH08
  19. 2019-06-26
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    WOOD, Malcolm Scott resigned
    director
  20. 2018-04-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2003-10-01
    ➕
    WOOD, Edwin Ivan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-30
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    YOUNG & PARTNERS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1999-04-22
    ➕
    WOOD, Edwin Ivan appointed
    director
  24. 1999-04-22
    ➕
    WOOD, Malcolm Scott appointed
    director
  25. 1999-04-22
    ➖
    YOUNG, Thomas Duncan resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 1998-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As IVAN WOOD & SONS LIMITED
  27. 1998-10-30
    ➕
    YOUNG & PARTNERS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1998-10-30
    ➕
    YOUNG, Thomas Duncan appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

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

Group structure

Ivan Wood Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ivan Wood Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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IVAN WOOD & SONS LIMITED
This company · SC190704

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ivan Wood Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/03/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Edwin Ivan Woodceased 02/03/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Malcolm Scott Woodceased 26/06/2019· 25-50% shares

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

Ivan Wood & Sons Limited
Fresh Produce Unit, Eastfield
Navity Farm, Ballingry
Fife
KY5 8LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WOOD, Edwin Ivan→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Edwin Ivan→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG & PARTNERS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
WOOD, Malcolm Scott→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-04-22 · resigned 2019-06-26
Resigned
YOUNG, Thomas Duncan→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 1999-04-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—12/04/2018—
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Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2020-04-30