I & W WILSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC327601 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£240.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01490
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £240,892

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£241k
Current Assets
£200
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£240.9k
Current assets£200
Net assets£240.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-21
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  5. 2023-05-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-05-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-05-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-04-24
    ➖
    WILSON, Wilma resigned
    director
  9. 2023-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2007-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As I & W WILSON LIMITED
  19. 2007-07-11
    ➕
    WILSON, Ian appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-07-11
    ➕
    WILSON, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-11
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-07-11
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-07-11
    ➕
    WILSON, Wilma appointed
    director
  24. 2007-07-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-07-11
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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.
  • +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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ian Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Wilma Wilsonceased 24/04/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2007-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

Wood Of Auldbar
Brechin
DD9 6SZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-11
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Active
WILSON, Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-11 · resigned 2007-07-11
Resigned
WILSON, Wilma→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-11 · resigned 2023-04-24
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-11 · resigned 2007-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02