A & W WILSON LIMITED

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SC287072 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£431.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £431,931
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£365
↑ 3.7% YoY
Net Worth
£432k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£86k£173k£259k£346k£432kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Cash£365£352—
Net assets£431.9k£418.9k—
Average employees——300

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

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3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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  2. 2025-09-08
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  3. 2025-09-08
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  4. 2025-09-01
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    WILSON, Bruce Andrew appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-24
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  7. 2023-05-30
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  8. 2022-07-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-07-22
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  10. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-31
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  12. 2020-05-25
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  13. 2019-05-28
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  14. 2018-05-22
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  15. 2018-05-18
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  16. 2017-04-20
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  17. 2011-11-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2010-11-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2005-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A & W WILSON LIMITED
  20. 2005-07-05
    ➕
    WILSON, Wilma Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-07-05
    ➕
    WILSON, Andrew Ferguson appointed
    director
  22. 2005-07-05
    ➕
    WILSON, Wilma Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILSON" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 — WILSON, Bruce Andrew (same surname) appointed 2025-09-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Ferguson Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/07/2016
Wilma Ann Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Shantlerhill
Maud
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 5SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WILSON, Wilma Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-05
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Active
WILSON, Andrew Ferguson→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-07-05
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Active
WILSON, Bruce Andrew→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-09-01
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Active
WILSON, Wilma Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-07-05
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property17/11/2011—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property10/11/2010—
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05