GWELLA CONTRACTING SERVICES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12395729 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.3y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-07➕PURDEY, Andrew Martyn appointeddirector
- 2024-03-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-02-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-21➖HILLING, Lee Paul resigneddirector
- 2022-05-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-10-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-05➕BROKENSHIRE, Oliver Robin appointeddirector
- 2021-10-05➕EDWARDS, Justin Paul appointeddirector
- 2021-10-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-04➕WEBB, Kevin James appointeddirector
- 2021-07-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs GWELLA CONTRACTING SERVICES LTD
- 2020-01-09➕HOCKING, Jason Leigh appointeddirector
- 2020-01-09➕HILLING, Lee Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Virtue Holdings (Sw) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Virtue Holdings (Sw) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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GWELLA CONTRACTING SERVICES LTD
This company · 12395729
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 |
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Virtue Holdings (Sw) Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/02/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Lee Paul Hillingceased 11/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Jason Leigh Hockingceased 11/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000
Registered office
Celtic House Cornwall Business Park East
Scorrier
Redruth
TR16 5FD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
BROKENSHIRE, Oliver Robin→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2021-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EDWARDS, Justin Paul→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2021-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOCKING, Jason Leigh→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PURDEY, Andrew Martyn→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2024-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WEBB, Kevin James→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2021-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HILLING, Lee Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-01-09 · resigned 2022-07-21
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 16/02/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-22