C M WEIR & SONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC361993 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-01

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-31
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WEIR, Charles Henry appointed
director
2025-12-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-07-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2009-07-01
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Company incorporated
As C M WEIR & SONS LTD.
2009-07-01
➕
WEIR, Duncan Gilbert appointed
director
2009-07-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-07-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-07-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-07-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
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

+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 "WEIR" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

39/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WEIR, Charles Henry (same surname) appointed 2025-12-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Henry Weir Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/12/2025
Mr Duncan Gilbert Weir Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2009-07-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Machrie Garage

Machrie

Isle Of Arran

KA27 8DZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-20

Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WEIR, Charles Henry→

director · ~50y · appointed 2025-12-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WEIR, Duncan Gilbert→

director · ~74y · appointed 2009-07-01

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2009-07-01

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2009-07-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-03-30

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-31

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-12-31

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

officers · AP01

2025-12-31