S.W. PLANT (PROPERTY) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC203221 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-21
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£117.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 26.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,428

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£117k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£47k£70k£94k£117kJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£117.4k£108.6k
Current assets£11.3k£11.8k
Net assets£117.4k£108.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-30
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  3. 2026-03-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2026-02-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2026-02-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2024-04-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-06-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2022-09-01
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    WARD, Barrie resigned
    secretary
  14. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  20. 2001-09-26
    ➕
    WARD, Barrie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-09-25
    ➖
    WORDSWORTH, Paul resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-09-25
    ➖
    WORDSWORTH, Paul resigned
    director
  23. 2000-05-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2000-01-22
    ➕
    PATON, William appointed
    director
  25. 2000-01-22
    ➕
    WORDSWORTH, Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-01-22
    ➖
    RANDALLS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2000-01-22
    ➕
    WORDSWORTH, Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2000-01-22
    ➖
    RANDALLS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  29. 2000-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As S.W. PLANT (PROPERTY) LIMITED
  30. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    RANDALLS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    RANDALLS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

Ward Group Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Ward Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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S.W. PLANT (PROPERTY) LIMITED
This company · SC203221

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ward Group Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret-Anne Brown Flynn Paton
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ward Holdings Ltdceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr William Patonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

19 Arran Court
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
DG9 0EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PATON, William→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARD, Barrie→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-26 · resigned 2022-09-01
Resigned
WORDSWORTH, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-22 · resigned 2001-09-25
Resigned
RANDALLS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-01-21 · resigned 2000-01-22
Resigned
WORDSWORTH, Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-01-22 · resigned 2001-09-25
Resigned
RANDALLS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2000-01-21 · resigned 2000-01-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property05/05/200003/02/2026

Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-03-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-05