ARRESGILL WF LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC734815 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
£1
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1
Current assets£1
Debtors£1
Net assets£1

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2025-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-05-29
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-24
    📄
    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  8. 2022-06-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2022-06-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2022-06-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2022-06-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARRESGILL WF LIMITED
  13. 2022-06-07
    MEL COSEC LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2022-06-07
    WALKER, Christopher John appointed
    director
  15. 2022-06-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Wws Partners Llp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Muirhall Energy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ARRESGILL WF LIMITED
This company · SC734815

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wws Partners Llp
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/06/2022
Muirhall Energy Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2022

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
Incorporated2022-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

3rd Floor, Maxim 10
Parklands Avenue
Motherwell
ML1 4WQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MEL COSEC LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-06-07
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Active
WALKER, Christopher John
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-06-07
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-06-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-06-07