ANDREW WILSON & CO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03368100 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-09
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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-01-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-31➖WILSON, Andrew James resigneddirector
- 2021-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-02-12➕WALKER, James Samuel appointedsecretary
- 2009-02-12➕WALKER, James Samuel appointeddirector
- 2009-02-12➖WILSON, Andrew James resignedsecretary
- 2003-04-29➕ROE, Andrew William appointeddirector
- 2003-04-29➖VANN, Edward Stewart resigneddirector
- 2003-04-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1997-05-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW WILSON & CO LIMITED
- 1997-05-09➕WILSON, Andrew James appointedsecretary
- 1997-05-09➕BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-05-09➖BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-05-09➕VANN, Edward Stewart appointeddirector
- 1997-05-09➕WILSON, Andrew James appointeddirector
- 1997-05-09➕DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-05-09➖DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Cerberus Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Cerberus Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ANDREW WILSON & CO LIMITED
This company · 03368100
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Cerberus Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew William Roeceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Mr Simon Merrettceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
26 Missouri Avenue
Salford
Manchester
M50 2NP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
WALKER, James Samuel→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROE, Andrew William→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKER, James Samuel→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Andrew James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 2009-02-12
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 1997-05-09
VANN, Edward Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 2003-04-29
WILSON, Andrew James→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 2021-07-31
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 1997-05-09
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 29/04/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (91 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-03