WILKINSON FAMILY HEALTHCARE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
NI647601 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-23
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 8.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · oldest 8.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 900 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-08-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-partmortgage · MR04
- 2021-08-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-08-10🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2021-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-07-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-14📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-11-13📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-09-29🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2017-09-29🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2017-09-29🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2017-09-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2017-09-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2017-08-23🏢Company incorporatedAs WILKINSON FAMILY HEALTHCARE LTD
- 2017-08-23➕SMYTH, Julie-Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-08-23➕WILKINSON, Elizabeth Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-08-23➕WILKINSON, Samuel John appointeddirector
- 2017-08-23➕WILKINSON, Samuel Mark appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILKINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Elizabeth Anne Wilkinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 22/08/2018 |
Mr Samuel John Wilkinson Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 22/08/2018 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-08-23
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Registered office
62 Main Street
Garvagh
Co Londonderry
BT51 5AE
Northern Ireland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
SMYTH, Julie-Anne→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2017-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILKINSON, Elizabeth Anne→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2017-08-23
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WILKINSON, Samuel John→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2017-08-23
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WILKINSON, Samuel Mark→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2017-08-23
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 29/09/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/09/2017 | 10/08/2021 | |
| part-satisfied | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/09/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/09/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/09/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-part
mortgage · MR04
2021-08-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-08-10