A J WILDASH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05642498 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£47.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plastering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £47,262
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,129 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£47k
↓ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£49kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£47.7k£50.0k
Current assets£7.3k£14.6k
Cash£2.9k£4.2k
Debtors£3.3k£9.4k
Net assets£47.3k£49.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2023-10-09
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  4. 2022-08-17
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  5. 2021-10-13
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  6. 2020-07-16
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  7. 2019-12-16
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  8. 2019-12-12
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-12-12
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  10. 2019-08-07
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-02
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    address · AD01
  12. 2018-09-25
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  13. 2017-09-18
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  14. 2016-09-23
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  15. 2015-12-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-12-02
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  17. 2005-12-02
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  18. 2005-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A J WILDASH LIMITED
  19. 2005-12-01
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    WILDASH, Angela Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-12-01
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    WILDASH, Alan John appointed
    director
  21. 2005-12-01
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    WILDASH, Angela Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2005-12-01
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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  23. 2005-12-01
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

99/100
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 "WILDASH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan John Wildash
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/12/2016
Mrs Angela Mary Wildash
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/12/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43310 — Plastering

Registered office

31 Broomfield House Lanswoodpark
Colchester
Essex
CO7 7FD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WILDASH, Angela Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILDASH, Alan John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILDASH, Angela Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2005-12-02
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2005-12-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2025-09-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-12