J. & D. WILKIE (HOLDING COMPANY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC009437 · ltd · incorporated 1915-07-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 43.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Weaving of textiles
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 43.4y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (1 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
142 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £10,842

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-30
Profit before tax£10.8k
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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  2. 2025-11-13
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  3. 2025-10-31
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    ROWAN, Robert Michael resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-14
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  5. 2024-04-03
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  6. 2023-09-19
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  7. 2023-09-19
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-08-31
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    MCGILL, Roger Andrew Stuart resigned
    secretary
  9. 2023-08-31
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    MCGILL, Roger Andrew Stuart resigned
    director
  10. 2023-08-15
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-08-04
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    GRANIER, Jean-Christophe Marcel Roy resigned
    director
  12. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  13. 2022-04-04
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  14. 2021-04-06
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  15. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  16. 2019-12-24
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  17. 2019-04-01
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  18. 2018-12-24
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  19. 2018-08-24
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    SMITH, David Douglas resigned
    director
  20. 2018-04-06
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  21. 2017-12-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  22. 2017-03-31
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    LOW, Robert William resigned
    director
  23. 2016-07-01
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    MCGILL, Roger Andrew Stuart appointed
    secretary
  24. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    DOWNS, Alan John resigned
    secretary
  25. 2015-10-12
    ➖
    DOWNS, Alan John resigned
    director
  26. 2015-10-12
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    MCGILL, Roger Andrew Stuart appointed
    director
  27. 2014-07-18
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    SMITH, David Douglas appointed
    director
  28. 2014-06-20
    ➕
    ROWAN, Hamish David appointed
    director
  29. 2014-06-20
    ➕
    GRANIER, Jean-Christophe Marcel Roy appointed
    director
  30. 2014-05-14
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    STEEL, Robert Blyth resigned
    director
  31. 2014-04-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2013-11-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  33. 2005-04-22
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    DEMPSEY, James Duff resigned
    secretary
  34. 2005-04-22
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    DOWNS, Alan John appointed
    secretary
  35. 2001-07-01
    ➕
    DOWNS, Alan John appointed
    director
  36. 2001-07-01
    ➖
    FRASER, Kenneth William resigned
    director
  37. 2001-07-01
    ➕
    STEEL, Robert Blyth appointed
    director
  38. 1993-01-08
    ➖
    DALL, Andrew resigned
    director
  39. 1991-12-09
    ➖
    WYLIE, Heather May resigned
    director
  40. 1990-10-01
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    LOW, Robert William appointed
    director
  41. 1989-12-12
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Bruce William Mclaren resigned
    director
  42. 1989-12-12
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    TOLLAND, Lindsay Cameron resigned
    director
  43. 1983-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  44. 1915-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As J. & D. WILKIE (HOLDING COMPANY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 111 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.)

Group structure

Wilkie Technical Textiles (Holding Company) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wilkie Technical Textiles (Holding Company) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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J. & D. WILKIE (HOLDING COMPANY) LIMITED
This company · SC009437

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wilkie Technical Textiles (Holding Company) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Michael Rowanceased 01/03/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 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
Incorporated1915-07-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC13200 — Weaving of textiles

Registered office

Marywell Works
Marywell Brae
Kirriemuir
Angus
DD8 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-07
Last: 2025-12-24

Officers (1 active · 15 resigned)

ROWAN, Hamish David→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEMPSEY, James Duff→
secretary · resigned 2005-04-22
Resigned
DOWNS, Alan John→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-22 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
MCGILL, Roger Andrew Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2023-08-31
Resigned
DALL, Andrew→
director · ~96y · resigned 1993-01-08
Resigned
DOWNS, Alan John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-07-01 · resigned 2015-10-12
Resigned
FRASER, Kenneth William→
director · ~85y · resigned 2001-07-01
Resigned
GRANIER, Jean-Christophe Marcel Roy→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-06-20 · resigned 2023-08-04
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Bruce William Mclaren→
director · ~87y · resigned 1989-12-12
Resigned
LOW, Robert William→
director · ~69y · appointed 1990-10-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
MCGILL, Roger Andrew Stuart→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-10-12 · resigned 2023-08-31
Resigned
ROWAN, Robert Michael→
director · ~75y · resigned 2025-10-31
Resigned
SMITH, David Douglas→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-07-18 · resigned 2018-08-24
Resigned
STEEL, Robert Blyth→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-07-01 · resigned 2014-05-14
Resigned
TOLLAND, Lindsay Cameron→
director · ~84y · resigned 1989-12-12
Resigned
WYLIE, Heather May→
director · resigned 1991-12-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/11/2013—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property20/01/198304/04/2014
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Recent filings (142 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06