WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC197454 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-06-23

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

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year to Jan 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company 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: high (84/100)

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

51 officers (9 active, 51 linked, 50 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

183 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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 (112 events)Click to expand

2025-07-10
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accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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MARSHALL, Alison resigned
director
2024-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
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officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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GRANT, Stephen Ross appointed
director
2024-02-21
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officers · TM01
2024-02-01
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DEWAR, Michael James resigned
director
2023-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
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officers · TM01
2023-08-11
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officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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CLARKE, John Bernard resigned
director
2023-03-31
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COTTON, Stephen Michael resigned
director
2023-02-08
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officers · CH04
2023-02-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-10-10
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accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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address · AD01
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-05
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officers · TM01
2019-09-05
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officers · TM01
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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CAMPBELL, James Peter resigned
director
2019-08-31
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COWIE, Gillian resigned
director
2019-08-31
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DOCHERTY, Steven John resigned
director
2019-08-31
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DOLAN, Rosina Marie resigned
director
2019-08-31
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DONALDSON, Ian 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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HAMILTON, Bethia Mary resigned
director
2019-08-31
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HOYLE, Susan Jane resigned
director
2019-08-31
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JOHNSTON, William Grant resigned
director
2019-08-31
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KING, Stewart Alexander resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MACKENZIE, Keith Hamilton resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MACLEAN, Roderick Kenneth resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MCARTHUR, Kathleen resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MCFARLANE, Andrew Mark resigned
director
2019-08-31
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MURRAY, Graham Neil 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
2019-08-31
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WILSON, Andrew John Patterson resigned
director
2019-05-01
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MACLEAN, Roderick Kenneth appointed
director
2019-04-01
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ADAMS, Paul appointed
director
2019-04-01
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CAMPBELL, James Peter appointed
director
2019-01-31
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DARLING, Neil Andrew resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 112 events

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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 DIRECTORS LIMITED

This company · SC197454

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	06/04/2016

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

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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

Incorporated1999-06-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

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: 2027-02-22

Last: 2026-02-08