WIDEBLUE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC293438 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-21

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26511

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

32500SIC 32500
72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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

1 live charge · oldest 19.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (4 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	20	2200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2025-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-10-13
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FRENCH DUNCAN LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2022-10-13
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2022-10-13
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-10-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18
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HILTON, Peter Montague appointed
director
2021-10-04
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SPAEDY, Robert appointed
director
2021-10-03
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MANNING, Michael resigned
director
2021-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-03-30
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-03-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-03-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-01
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-02-26
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OVEREND, Russell Barr resigned
secretary
2021-02-26
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OVEREND, Russell Barr resigned
director
2018-04-10
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DOHNALEK, Mark Wayne appointed
director
2018-04-10
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KING, Grant Roberts resigned
director
2018-04-10
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MANNING, Michael appointed
director
2014-12-31
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HALL, James Ferguson resigned
director
2014-06-05
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DUFF, George Ramsay resigned
director
2008-10-28
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PHELPS, Michael Ross resigned
director
2008-10-14
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-10-11
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DANKO, George Michael resigned
director
2007-09-01
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PHELPS, Michael Ross appointed
director
2007-06-13
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GILL, Hugh resigned
director
2006-05-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2006-03-20
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DUFF, George Ramsay appointed
director
2006-03-08
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OVEREND, Russell Barr appointed
secretary
2006-03-08
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-01
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DANKO, George Michael appointed
director
2006-02-20
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GILL, Hugh appointed
director
2006-02-20
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HALL, James Ferguson appointed
director
2006-02-20
➕
KING, Grant Roberts appointed
director
2006-02-20
➕
OVEREND, Russell Barr appointed
director
2006-02-20
➖
HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2006-02-20
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-21
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Company incorporated
As WIDEBLUE LIMITED
2005-11-21
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

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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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Wayne Dohnalek Individual · American · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/04/2018

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Mark Wayne Dohnalekceased 05/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
Mr Russell Barr Overendceased 10/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Grant Roberts Kingceased 10/04/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-11-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Block 7, Kelvin Campus

West Of Scotland Science Park

Glasgow

G20 0SP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (4 active · 13 resigned)

FRENCH DUNCAN LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-10-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOHNALEK, Mark Wayne→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-04-10

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Active

HILTON, Peter Montague→

director · ~62y · appointed 2022-01-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SPAEDY, Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2021-10-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OVEREND, Russell Barr→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2021-02-26

Resigned

HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-10-14 · resigned 2022-10-13

Resigned

HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-21 · resigned 2006-03-08

Resigned

DANKO, George Michael→

director · ~76y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2007-10-11

Resigned

DUFF, George Ramsay→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-03-20 · resigned 2014-06-05

Resigned

GILL, Hugh→

director · ~68y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2007-06-13

Resigned

HALL, James Ferguson→

director · ~68y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2014-12-31

Resigned

KING, Grant Roberts→

director · ~71y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2018-04-10

Resigned

MANNING, Michael→

director · ~68y · appointed 2018-04-10 · resigned 2021-10-03

Resigned

OVEREND, Russell Barr→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2021-02-26

Resigned

PHELPS, Michael Ross→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2008-10-28

Resigned

HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-21 · resigned 2006-02-20

Resigned

HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-21 · resigned 2006-02-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	23/05/2006	—

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Recent filings (113 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-07

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-01-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-10

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-12-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-26

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2022-12-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-05

appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP04

2022-10-13

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-10-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-01

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-02-02

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-02-02