WILL (INVERURIE) HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC511328 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-22
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 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.69M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,692,302
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£338k£677k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2.43M£2.44M
Current assets£24.3k£26.3k
Cash£18.1k£18.9k
Debtors£6.3k£7.4k
Net assets£1.69M£1.57M

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2023-07-17
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  5. 2023-07-17
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  6. 2022-12-29
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  7. 2022-01-18
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  8. 2021-01-12
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  9. 2019-12-11
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  10. 2019-07-02
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  11. 2018-12-07
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  12. 2018-01-24
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  13. 2016-11-23
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  14. 2016-03-08
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  15. 2016-02-05
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  16. 2016-01-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2015-08-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2015-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As WILL (INVERURIE) HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2015-07-22
    ➕
    WILL, Galen James appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-22
    ➕
    WILL, Imogen Newton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 "WILL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Galen James Will
Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Imogen Newton Will
Individual · British · DOB 03/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2019

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
Incorporated2015-07-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

35 West High Street
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 3QQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILL, Galen James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILL, Imogen Newton→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—18/01/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—17/08/2015—
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Recent filings (30 total)

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2026-01-14
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2025-08-01
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2024-12-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
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officers · CH01
2023-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-17
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
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accounts · AA
2022-01-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
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2021-01-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
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accounts · AA
2019-12-11