JOHN WOODS (LISGLYN) LIMITED

📈Growthactive

NI006498 · ltd · incorporated 1965-09-08

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£18.92M

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10611

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 50.2y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 50.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

186 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,575,229

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 22% YoY

Turnover YoY

+22%

Year on year

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
Turnover	£18.92M	£15.46M
Gross profit	£9.56M	£7.72M
Operating profit	£1.69M	£1.52M
Profit before tax	£1.58M	£1.42M
Average employees	8900	7800

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

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 capital
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-01
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capital-alter-shares-consolidation
capital · SH02
2026-03-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-25
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-25
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-23
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
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officers · AP01
2024-08-15
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WOODS, Joseph Mark appointed
director
2024-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-06
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WOODS, Winnifred resigned
director
2023-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-16
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2022-06-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-14
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MCMAHON, Seamus resigned
director
2015-06-18
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WOODS, Patrick John appointed
director
2014-05-29
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2008-01-29
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MOORE, Orla Anne appointed
director
2008-01-28
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LAPPIN, Patrick Seamus appointed
director
2004-07-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Northern Bank LTD
2003-12-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Northern Bank
2003-12-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Square West, Belfast
2001-12-03
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MOEN, Desmond Maurice resigned
director
2001-05-31
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LAPPIN, Patrick Seamus resigned
director
2001-04-13
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LAPPIN, Patrick Seamus appointed
director
2001-04-13
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MCKENNA, Joseph resigned
director
1986-08-08
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Charge satisfied #1
1976-03-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Ireland
1965-09-08
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Company incorporated
As JOHN WOODS (LISGLYN) LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOODS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WOODS, Joseph Mark (same surname) appointed 2024-08-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Patrick John Woods Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 03/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/03/2026
Mr Joseph Mark Woods Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 07/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/03/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Woodsceased 12/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Winnifred Woodsceased 19/12/2019· 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

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated1965-09-08

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611

Registered office

190 Monaghan Road

Armagh

Co Armagh

BT60 4EZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-17

Last: 2026-04-03