MOUNT WISE (DEVON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
FC030147 · oversea-company · incorporated 2011-03-08
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 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 15.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-details
    other · OSCH02
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-27
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    change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-details
    other · OSCH01
  6. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-07
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    termination-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · OSTM01
  10. 2018-03-07
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    appoint-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-appointment-date
    officers · OSAP01
  11. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2016-03-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2015-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-01
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    MACDONALD, Angus Crawford resigned
    director
  17. 2014-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-08-28
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    MCLEAN, James Constantine Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2011-05-04
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    legacy
    mortgage · MG01
  22. 2011-04-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC (The "Original Lender") as Security Trustee for the Finance Parties
  23. 2011-04-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  24. 2011-04-05
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    PRAXIS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2011-04-05
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    FRIEND, Douglas Michael appointed
    director
  26. 2011-04-05
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    MACDONALD, Angus Crawford appointed
    director
  27. 2011-04-05
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    appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-accept-service
    annual-return · OS-PAR
  28. 2011-04-05
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    annual-return · OS-PAR
  29. 2011-04-05
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    annual-return · OS-PAR
  30. 2011-04-05
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    register-overseas-company
    incorporation · OSIN01
  31. 2011-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As MOUNT WISE (DEVON) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2011-03-08
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—

Registered office

PO BOX 296 Regency Court
Glategny Esplanade
St Peter Port
GY1 4NA
Guernsey

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2022-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PRAXIS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-04-05
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Active
FRIEND, Douglas Michael→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-04-05
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Active
MCLEAN, James Constantine Stuart→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-08-28
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Active
MACDONALD, Angus Crawford→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-04-05 · resigned 2015-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC (The "Original Lender") as Security Trustee for the Finance Parties
Debenture1 property21/04/201124/03/2016

Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH02
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
termination-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · OSTM01
2018-03-07
appoint-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-appointment-date
officers · OSAP01
2018-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2016-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2015-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2014-11-18