WINDOW SUPPLY COMPANY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC615256 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-03

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.8y

80/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £219,646

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	2025-03-31
Profit before tax	£219.6k
Average employees	182

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-16
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HALL, Greg Simon resigned
director
2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-03-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Close Invoice Finance LTD
2022-11-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-15
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-15
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-31
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HALL, Greg Simon appointed
director
2021-03-31
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HEPBURN, Ronald Edward resigned
director
2020-12-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-12-19
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MCBRIDE, Maurice appointed
director
2019-12-16
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MCGARVIE, Henry Murray resigned
director
2019-07-08
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RIDDEL, John resigned
director
2019-06-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2019-02-19
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LINDEN, Martin appointed
director
2019-02-19
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RIDDEL, John appointed
director
2018-12-03
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Company incorporated
As WINDOW SUPPLY COMPANY LTD
2018-12-03
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MURRAY, Duncan Mclelland appointed
director
2018-12-03
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HEPBURN, Ronald Edward appointed
director
2018-12-03
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MCGARVIE, Henry Murray appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bgf Gp Limited (As The General Partner Of Bgf Investments Lp) holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Bgf Gp Limited (As The General Partner Of Bgf Investments Lp)

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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WINDOW SUPPLY COMPANY LTD

This company · SC615256

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Duncan Mclelland Murray Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/01/2020
Bgf Gp Limited (As The General Partner Of Bgf Investments Lp) Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	19/12/2019

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Ronald Edward Hepburnceased 15/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Duncan Mclelland Murrayceased 19/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Ronald Edward Hepburnceased 19/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Henry Murray Mcgarvieceased 19/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-12-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

7 Murraysgate Industrial Estate

Whitburn

West Lothian

EH47 0LE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LINDEN, Martin→

director · ~52y · appointed 2019-02-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCBRIDE, Maurice→

director · ~72y · appointed 2019-12-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Duncan Mclelland→

director · ~57y · appointed 2018-12-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HALL, Greg Simon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2021-03-31 · resigned 2026-01-16

Resigned

HEPBURN, Ronald Edward→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-12-03 · resigned 2021-03-31

Resigned

MCGARVIE, Henry Murray→

director · ~62y · appointed 2018-12-03 · resigned 2019-12-16

Resigned

RIDDEL, John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2019-02-19 · resigned 2019-07-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Close Invoice Finance Close Invoice Finance LTD	A registered charge	—	27/02/2023	—
	satisfied	Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited	A registered charge	—	24/06/2019	11/08/2023

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-09-09

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2025-09-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-14

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2023-08-11

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-03-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-15

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2022-11-15

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2022-11-15

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2022-11-15