D & W MEGAMIX LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC317069 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-22
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10910
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 18.8y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-24
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  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-11-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · AR01
  4. 2023-11-21
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  5. 2023-11-21
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  6. 2023-11-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-11-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-11-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · AR01
  9. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-25
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    Charge satisfied #5
  17. 2016-06-07
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    Charge satisfied #6
  18. 2016-06-07
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    Charge satisfied #4
  19. 2016-05-11
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2016-03-31
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2016-03-18
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
  22. 2016-01-19
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2012-03-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2011-10-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2011-09-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  26. 2011-07-21
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  27. 2011-07-18
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  28. 2011-06-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  29. 2008-05-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  30. 2007-10-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2007-07-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  32. 2007-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As D & W MEGAMIX LTD.
  33. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    WATT, Alison appointed
    secretary
  34. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Campbell Taylor appointed
    director
  35. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    WATT, Alison appointed
    director
  36. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    WATT, Iain appointed
    director
  37. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  38. 2007-02-22
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2007-02-22
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  40. 2007-02-22
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Iain Watt Haulage Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Iain Watt Haulage Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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D & W MEGAMIX LTD.
This company · SC317069

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
Iain Watt Haulage Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Campbell Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Iain Wattceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
  • Mrs Alison Wattceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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

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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.

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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
Incorporated2007-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

Gatehead Farm Mansefield Road
New Cumnock
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 4NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WATT, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNCAN, Campbell Taylor→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-02-22
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Active
WATT, Alison→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATT, Iain→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2007-02-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2007-02-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

10
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/05/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/03/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
A registered charge—18/03/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/01/2016—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property21/07/201107/06/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property18/07/201125/06/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/06/201107/06/2016
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property27/05/200802/09/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property23/10/200724/03/2012
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property24/07/200701/10/2011
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
annual-return · AR01
2023-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-21
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
annual-return · AR01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05