C WOODMAN ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC353299 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
51 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,680,454

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£336k£672k£1.0m£1.3m£1.7mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.68M£1.66M
Current assets£1.58M£1.59M
Net assets£1.68M£1.66M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-12
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  2. 2024-09-30
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2024-09-30
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  5. 2024-09-30
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  6. 2024-05-10
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  7. 2023-04-03
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  8. 2022-04-05
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  9. 2022-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-01-15
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  11. 2022-01-15
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  12. 2022-01-15
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2021-08-11
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    address · AD01
  14. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-13
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  17. 2018-02-22
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  18. 2011-10-13
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    WOODMAN, Karen appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As C WOODMAN ENGINEERING LIMITED
  20. 2009-01-12
    ➕
    WOODMAN, Karen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-01-12
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    WOODMAN, Clifford Roland appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOODMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clifford Roland Woodman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Karen Woodman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Cedarwood
Milnfield
Annan
DG12 5QP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WOODMAN, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-12
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Active
WOODMAN, Clifford Roland→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-01-12
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Active
WOODMAN, Karen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-15