WILSON LENDRUM & WEIR HOLDING LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.6y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26➖WILSON, Violet resigneddirector
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-10-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-10-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2019-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs WILSON LENDRUM & WEIR HOLDING LIMITED
- 2019-04-15➕WILSON, Pamela appointedsecretary
- 2019-04-15➕WILSON, Pamela appointeddirector
- 2019-04-15➕WILSON, Peter appointeddirector
- 2019-04-15➕WILSON, Violet appointeddirector
- 2019-04-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Wilson Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 15/04/2019 |
Mrs Pamela Wilson Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 15/04/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Violet Wilsonceased 26/09/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 02/10/2019 | — |