FORT WILLIAM LW LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC721992 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

15 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

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Average employees	800	800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
➖
NIN, Xia resigned
director
2024-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-01
➕
NIN, Xia appointed
director
2023-05-26
➕
HE, Jian appointed
director
2023-05-26
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NIN, Xia resigned
director
2023-05-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
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Company incorporated
As FORT WILLIAM LW LIMITED
2022-02-04
➕
NIN, Xia appointed
director
2022-02-04
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Jian He Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	26/05/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Xia Ninceased 26/05/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2022-02-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

153 High Street

Fort William

PH33 6EA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-09

Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HE, Jian→

director · ~51y · appointed 2023-05-26

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Active

NIN, Xia→

director · ~56y · appointed 2023-07-01 · resigned 2024-04-22

Resigned

NIN, Xia→

director · ~56y · appointed 2022-02-04 · resigned 2023-05-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-11-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-07

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

officers · TM01

2024-04-22

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

officers · AP01

2023-07-12

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-26

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

officers · AP01

2023-05-26

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

officers · TM01

2023-05-26

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-05-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-24

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-02-04