RICHARD WYLIE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC051488 · ltd · incorporated 1972-09-27
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 41.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£4.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13921
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 41.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,064
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,242 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£335k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £344.2k | £40.4k |
| Current assets | £334.6k | £311.0k |
| Cash | — | £77.4k |
| Debtors | — | £211.1k |
| Net assets | £4.1k | £5.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-31➖PUGH, Jane Angela resigneddirector
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-01➖YOUNG, Alexander resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-08-17➕YOUNG, Alexander James appointeddirector
- 2010-08-17➕YOUNG, Jason Anthony appointeddirector
- 2010-08-17➕PUGH, Jane Angela appointeddirector
- 2000-10-14➕PUGH, Jane appointedsecretary
- 2000-10-14➖WYLIE, Richard resignedsecretary
- 2000-10-14➖WYLIE, Richard resigneddirector
- 1984-09-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1972-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs RICHARD WYLIE LIMITED
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jason Anthony Young Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alexander James Young Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Jane Angela Pughceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC13921 — SIC 13921
Registered office
Unit 9 Castings Court
Middlefield Industrial Estate
Falkirk
FK2 9HQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-20
Last: 2025-05-06
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
YOUNG, Alexander James→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2010-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Jason Anthony→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2010-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WYLIE, Richard→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2000-10-14
PUGH, Jane Angela→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-17 · resigned 2025-03-31
WYLIE, Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2000-10-14
YOUNG, Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 2018-02-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond and floating charge | 1 property | 26/09/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (98 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26