SSWUK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07336550 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-05

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£491.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.0y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

25 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £491,872

Net assets shrinking

Down £183,760 YoY

Cash YoY

-30%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£574k

↓ 30% YoY

Net Worth

£492k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£574.2k	£817.3k
Net assets	£491.9k	£675.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-03
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GOLEBY, Philip Peter John resigned
director
2025-09-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-01
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MCHARDY, Victoria Alice resigned
director
2024-11-15
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GOLEBY, Philip Peter John appointed
director
2024-11-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
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capital · SH10
2024-09-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-09-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-10
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-08-19
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
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MCHARDY, Victoria Alice appointed
director
2023-02-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-16
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BENSTED, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-28
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-03-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-03-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-03-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2021-02-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2021-02-18
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-04-11
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BENSTED, Jonathan Mark appointed
director
2018-10-17
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WHEATON, Mark Bowden appointed
director
2018-06-01
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TIPPETT, Robert resigned
director
2014-09-30
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NOYES, Timothy Robert resigned
director
2014-09-30
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TIPPETT, Robert appointed
director
2013-10-15
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DOWN, Kevin resigned
director
2013-10-15
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HOOPER, Richard resigned
director
2013-10-15
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TIPPETT, David resigned
director
2013-10-15
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WHEATON, Mark Bowden resigned
director
2013-10-11
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COLEMAN, Guy appointed
director
2013-01-27
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COOK, Philip Anthony resigned
director
2011-06-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2011-01-18
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TUFTON, Matthew John appointed
director
2011-01-18
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DOWN, Kevin appointed
director
2011-01-18
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HOOPER, Richard appointed
director
2011-01-18
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TIPPETT, David appointed
director
2011-01-05
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COOK, Philip Anthony appointed
director
2010-09-06
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NOYES, Timothy Robert appointed
director
2010-08-05
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Company incorporated
As SSWUK LIMITED
2010-08-05
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KEELER, Nicholas appointed
secretary
2010-08-05
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KEELER, Nicholas Leslie Ronald appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: GOLEBY, Philip Peter John resigned 2025-10-03; MCHARDY, Victoria Alice resigned 2025-09-01

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Kwtn Solar Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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A H Warren Trust Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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SSWUK LIMITED

This company · 07336550

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kwtn Solar Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
A H Warren Trust Holdings Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Nicholas Keelerceased 30/04/2017· significant influence · firm interest
Mr Matthew Tuftonceased 06/04/2017· 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.

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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

Incorporated2010-08-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Coombe Farm

Roundham

Crewkerne

Somerset

TA18 8RR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05