CMW CIVIL LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC770682 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£20.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,895
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£38k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 96% YoY
Current Assets
£55k
Current Liabilities
£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£23.7k£11.6k
Current assets£55.4k
Cash£38.4k£33.6k
Net assets£20.9k£10.7k

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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-09-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-09-22
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2023-05-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CMW CIVIL LIMITED
  8. 2023-05-25
    WILLIAMS, Craig Michael William appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Michael William Williams
Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/05/2023
Miss Lucie Pijalkova
Individual · British · DOB 08/1993 · age 33
2550%
25-50% shares22/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

C/O Farries, Kirk & Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3SJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Craig Michael William
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-05-25
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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-25