W.&C. GLAZING CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI014301 · ltd · incorporated 1980-05-21

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£935.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Glazing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £935,883

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,503 YoY

Cash YoY

-8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£446k

↓ 7.9% YoY

Net Worth

£936k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£857k

↓ 4.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£935.9k	£941.4k
Current assets	£857.0k	£899.2k
Cash	£446.2k	£484.6k
Debtors	£381.8k	£381.9k
Net assets	£935.9k	£941.4k

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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accounts · AA
2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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accounts · AA
2023-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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address · AD01
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2020-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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gazette · DISS40
2018-12-04
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gazette · GAZ1
2017-12-30
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accounts · AA
2017-11-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-12-31
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accounts · AA
2013-08-01
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BROWN, Lisa appointed
director
2013-06-05
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MAGILL, William resigned
director
2007-04-01
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MAGILL, Peter John appointed
director
1980-05-21
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Company incorporated
As W.&C. GLAZING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
1980-05-21
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MAGILL, Celia appointed
secretary
1980-05-21
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MAGILL, Celia appointed
director
1980-05-21
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MAGILL, William appointed
director

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 46 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 46 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Magill Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	09/09/2016
Mrs Celia Magill Individual · British · DOB 11/1940 · age 86	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1980-05-21

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

50 50 Carrickmannon Road

Ballygowan

BT23 6JH

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MAGILL, Celia→

secretary · appointed 1980-05-21

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Active

BROWN, Lisa→

director · ~51y · appointed 2013-08-01

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Active

MAGILL, Celia→

director · ~86y · appointed 1980-05-21

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Active

MAGILL, Peter John→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-04-01

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Active

MAGILL, William→

director · ~90y · appointed 1980-05-21 · resigned 2013-06-05

Resigned

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