WESTLAKES ENGINEERING HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11233646 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-05

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 1.1y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 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

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	5	0

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

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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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
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mortgage · MR01
2025-05-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Andrew John Hooper and Christopher Rigby Pratt (As Security Trustees)
2024-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2018-08-20
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2018-06-21
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DADSWELL, Douglas William appointed
director
2018-06-21
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OWEN, Trevor Edward appointed
director
2018-06-21
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PEACOCK, Susan Jane appointed
director
2018-06-21
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PRATT, Christopher Rigby appointed
director
2018-03-05
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Company incorporated
As WESTLAKES ENGINEERING HOLDINGS LIMITED
2018-03-05
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HOOPER, Andrew John appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Westlakes Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Westlakes Eot Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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WESTLAKES ENGINEERING HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 11233646

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Westlakes Eot Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/04/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Christopher Rigby Prattceased 30/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Andrew John Hooperceased 30/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2018-03-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Galemire Court

Westlakes Science Park

Moor Row

CA24 3HY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28