WISHAW ABATTOIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC059985 · ltd · incorporated 1976-05-10

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 31.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Operating as a slaughterhouse facility in Lanarkshire, Scotland, this business most likely handles the day-to-day processing and slaughter of livestock, supporting the local agricultural supply chain from farm to food production.

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (5 active, 19 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

128 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	1500	1700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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officers · TM01
2024-11-30
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BLACK, Craig Alexander resigned
director
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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capital · SH01
2023-06-14
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officers · AP01
2023-06-14
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officers · AP01
2023-06-01
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JARRON, George Malcolm appointed
director
2023-06-01
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JARRON, Scott Osler appointed
director
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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accounts · AA
2019-02-08
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officers · TM01
2019-01-08
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officers · TM01
2019-01-08
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officers · AP01
2018-11-29
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BLACK, Hugh Alexander appointed
director
2018-11-23
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MALONE, Michael Thomas resigned
director
2018-10-25
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BENNETT, James Jack resigned
director
2018-02-27
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accounts · AA
2016-10-04
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DUFF, Andrew James resigned
director
2016-03-30
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DUFF, Andrew James appointed
director
2016-03-30
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DUFF, Peter Roderick resigned
director
2011-10-27
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SMELLIE, Robert resigned
director
2010-10-26
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MALONE, Michael Thomas appointed
director
2010-10-14
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FORREST, Douglas Bruce appointed
secretary
2010-10-14
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FORREST CAMPBELL & ANDERSON resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-08-25
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BLACK, Craig Alexander appointed
director
2009-01-28
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ALEXANDER, James resigned
director
2007-09-21
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BENNETT, James Jack appointed
director
2007-05-22
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CHAPMAN, John Cumming resigned
director
2004-04-29
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-04-22
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COOPER, Alexander appointed
director
1999-04-17
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WATSON, Thomas Park resigned
director
1997-09-30
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BARCLAY, George resigned
director
1994-11-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1994-11-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lanarkshire Development Agency
1994-10-29
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BARCLAY, George resigned
director
1994-10-23
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FORREST CAMPBELL & ANDERSON appointed
corporate-secretary
1994-09-19
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MESSR NIMMO THOMSON & MCLEAN resigned
corporate-secretary
1991-12-10
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BARCLAY, George appointed
director
1991-12-10
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DUFF, Peter Roderick appointed
director
1991-08-29
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BARCLAY, George appointed
director
1991-08-29
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LANG, James A resigned
director
1976-05-10
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Company incorporated
As WISHAW ABATTOIR LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1976-05-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

185 Caledonian Road

Wishaw

Lanarkshire

ML2 0HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-03

Last: 2025-09-19