GEORGE WILSON PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 31.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-28 | 2024-05-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.56M | £3.55M |
| Current assets | £177.6k | £188.3k |
| Cash | £972 | £1.3k |
| Debtors | £176.6k | £187.0k |
| Net assets | £3.00M | £3.00M |
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-10📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-05-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-05-12➕WATT, George Sinclair appointedsecretary
- 2022-05-12➕WATT, Neil Francis appointeddirector
- 2022-05-12➕WATT, Robert Stewart appointeddirector
- 2022-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-14📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-18📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2000-06-14➖WATT, Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2000-02-11➕WATT, Robert Stewart appointedsecretary
- 2000-02-10➖WATT, Christine resignedsecretary
- 2000-02-10➖WATT, Christine resigneddirector
- 1995-08-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1995-07-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1995-07-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1995-07-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1995-04-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1989-02-28➕WATT, Christine appointeddirector
- 1958-09-12🏢Company incorporatedAs GEORGE WILSON PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +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.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WATT, Neil Francis (same surname) appointed 2022-05-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 68 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr George Sinclair Watt Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 28/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 25/07/1995 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 11/07/1995 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 11/07/1995 | 09/08/1995 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 26/04/1995 | — |