A.H. WILLIS AND SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04575214 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-28
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 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees3400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-11-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2024-11-08
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2024-11-08
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2024-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-09-27
    ➖
    WILLIS, Andrew James resigned
    director
  11. 2024-09-27
    ➖
    WILLIS, Mark Andrew resigned
    director
  12. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-11-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  22. 2015-04-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2014-09-30
    ➖
    WILLIS, Anthony Hugh resigned
    director
  24. 2013-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  25. 2002-10-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.H. WILLIS AND SONS LIMITED
  26. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    WILLIS, Brenda Loraine appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    WILLIS, Brenda Loraine appointed
    director
  28. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    WILLIS, Steven Hugh appointed
    director
  29. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-10-28
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    WILLIS, Andrew James appointed
    director
  32. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    WILLIS, Anthony Hugh appointed
    director
  33. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    WILLIS, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  34. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2002-10-28
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILLIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

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

Group structure

A.H. Willis And Sons Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.H. Willis And Sons Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A.H. WILLIS AND SONS LIMITED
This company · 04575214

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A.H. Willis And Sons Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 11 White Horse Business Park Ware Road
Stanford In The Vale
Faringdon
Oxfordshire
SN7 8NY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WILLIS, Brenda Loraine→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIS, Brenda Loraine→
director · ~87y · appointed 2002-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIS, Steven Hugh→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2002-10-28
Resigned
WILLIS, Andrew James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2024-09-27
Resigned
WILLIS, Anthony Hugh→
director · ~89y · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
WILLIS, Mark Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2024-09-27
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2002-10-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/12/201314/04/2015

Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-12
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-11-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28