A W WALKER BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07400997 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-08
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-31
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  2. 2024-10-28
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  3. 2024-03-18
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  4. 2023-06-13
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  5. 2022-10-26
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  6. 2022-09-26
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  7. 2022-09-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-09-26
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  9. 2022-09-22
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-09-02
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-04-01
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    WALKER, Scott William appointed
    director
  12. 2021-07-30
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  13. 2020-06-22
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  14. 2019-07-16
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  15. 2018-07-27
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  16. 2017-07-28
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  17. 2016-08-01
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    WALKER, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  18. 2014-10-31
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    WALKER, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A W WALKER BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  20. 2010-10-08
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    WALKER, Andrew William 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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WALKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WALKER, Scott William (same surname) appointed 2022-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

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 W Walker Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A W Walker Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A W WALKER BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
This company · 07400997

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 W Walker Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares23/09/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andy Walkerceased 23/09/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Jacqueline Walkerceased 23/09/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

The Old Barn Avoncroft Farm
Offenham
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 8RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WALKER, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-31
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Active
WALKER, Andrew William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-10-08
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Active
WALKER, Jacqueline→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-08-01
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Active
WALKER, Scott William→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-04-01
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Active

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21