31 WOOD STREET (SWINDON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive

04796468 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-06-12

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,243

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↑ 120% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.2k	£564
Current assets	—	£659
Net assets	£1.2k	£564

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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2009-05-01
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WAINWRIGHT, Paul Frederick appointed
director
2009-03-01
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LOFTUS, John James resigned
director
2005-01-07
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WAINWRIGHT, Adam Paul appointed
secretary
2005-01-07
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WAINWRIGHT, Adam Paul appointed
director
2005-01-07
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SLATTERY, Patrick George resigned
secretary
2005-01-07
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LOFTUS, John James appointed
director
2005-01-07
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SLATTERY, Colette Frances resigned
director
2005-01-07
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SLATTERY, Patrick George resigned
director
2003-06-12
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Company incorporated
As 31 WOOD STREET (SWINDON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
2003-06-12
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SLATTERY, Patrick George appointed
secretary
2003-06-12
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-12
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-12
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SLATTERY, Colette Frances appointed
director
2003-06-12
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SLATTERY, Patrick George appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adam Paul Wainwright Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Paul Frederick Wainwright Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-06-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

68 Sedgebrook

Liden

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN3 6EZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-24

Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WAINWRIGHT, Adam Paul→

secretary · appointed 2005-01-07

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Active

WAINWRIGHT, Adam Paul→

director · ~46y · appointed 2005-01-07

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Active

WAINWRIGHT, Paul Frederick→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-05-01

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Active

SLATTERY, Patrick George→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-12 · resigned 2005-01-07

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-12 · resigned 2003-06-12

Resigned

LOFTUS, John James→

director · ~53y · appointed 2005-01-07 · resigned 2009-03-01

Resigned

SLATTERY, Colette Frances→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-12 · resigned 2005-01-07

Resigned

SLATTERY, Patrick George→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-12 · resigned 2005-01-07

Resigned

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