WYVIS ROOFING INVERNESS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC423538 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-08

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 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Roofing activities

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.0y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 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

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	3300	3100

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

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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

filings

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

Last 90 days

filings

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

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-06-22
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capital · SH06
2020-06-22
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2019-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-29
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mortgage · MR04
2019-05-29
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-05-10
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-02-17
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SHARP, Jillian Clare appointed
director
2015-07-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-06-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Eriff Nominees Limited
2012-05-15
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SHARP, Jillian Clare appointed
secretary
2012-05-15
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SHARP, William Mackenzie appointed
director
2012-05-15
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SHARP, Diane Caroline resigned
secretary
2012-05-08
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Company incorporated
As WYVIS ROOFING INVERNESS LTD
2012-05-08
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SHARP, Ian Wallace appointed
director
2012-05-08
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SHARP, Diane Caroline appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

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 78 — succession pressure is live.
+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 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Mackenzie Sharp Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	03/06/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Eriff Nominees Ltdceased 29/05/2020· 25-50% shares
Mr William Mackenzie Sharpceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

Unit 13a Dalcross Industrial Estate

Inverness

IV2 7XB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-22

Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SHARP, Jillian Clare→

secretary · appointed 2012-05-15

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Active

SHARP, Ian Wallace→

director · ~61y · appointed 2012-05-08

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Active

SHARP, Jillian Clare→

director · ~56y · appointed 2017-02-17

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Active

SHARP, William Mackenzie→

director · ~78y · appointed 2012-05-15

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Active

SHARP, Diane Caroline→

secretary · appointed 2012-05-08 · resigned 2012-05-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	20/02/2017	29/05/2019
	satisfied	Eriff Nominees Eriff Nominees Limited	Floating charge	1 property	08/06/2012	06/07/2015