MOFFAT & WILLIAMSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC065227 · ltd · incorporated 1978-06-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Leverage-led grower with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 47.3y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
123 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
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £197,886
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Profit before tax£197.9k£-255.1k
Average employees1450012600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-01
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    DEVINE, Lindsay appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    PEARCE, Fraser appointed
    director
  18. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Sharon appointed
    director
  19. 2012-05-31
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, John Philip resigned
    director
  20. 2012-04-27
    ➕
    DEVINE, George appointed
    director
  21. 2012-04-27
    ➕
    DEVINE, Lesley Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2012-04-27
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-04-27
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant resigned
    director
  24. 2012-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #5
  25. 2012-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #4
  26. 2009-03-10
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2008-11-04
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    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2008-11-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2008-10-20
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2008-08-18
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2008-03-18
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    Charge satisfied #2
  32. 2008-03-14
    ➖
    HOWITT, James Summers resigned
    secretary
  33. 2008-03-14
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant appointed
    secretary
  34. 2008-03-14
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Eileen Freda resigned
    director
  35. 2008-03-14
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant appointed
    director
  36. 2008-03-14
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, John Philip appointed
    director
  37. 2006-07-21
    ➕
    MOFFAT, Eileen Freda appointed
    director
  38. 2006-07-03
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Robert Farmer resigned
    director
  39. 1999-02-16
    ➕
    HOWITT, James Summers appointed
    secretary
  40. 1999-02-16
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Robert Farmer resigned
    secretary
  41. 1998-04-07
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, John Philip resigned
    director
  42. 1984-04-12
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  43. 1981-03-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  44. 1980-07-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Halifax Building Society
  45. 1979-05-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  46. 1979-01-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  47. 1978-06-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MOFFAT & WILLIAMSON LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Devine
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares24/04/2017
Mrs Lesley Ann Devine
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/04/2017

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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
Incorporated1978-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

The Old Railway Yard
St Fort
Newport On Tay
Fife
DD6 8RG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)

DEVINE, George→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVINE, Lesley Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVINE, Lindsay→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Fraser→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Sharon→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWITT, James Summers→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-16 · resigned 2008-03-14
Resigned
MOFFAT, Robert Farmer→
secretary · resigned 1999-02-16
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-14 · resigned 2012-04-27
Resigned
MOFFAT, Eileen Freda→
director · ~87y · appointed 2006-07-21 · resigned 2008-03-14
Resigned
MOFFAT, Robert Farmer→
director · ~89y · resigned 2006-07-03
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-03-14 · resigned 2012-04-27
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, John Philip→
director · ~96y · appointed 2008-03-14 · resigned 2012-05-31
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, John Philip→
director · ~96y · resigned 1998-04-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property10/03/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/10/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/08/2008—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property12/04/198421/04/2012
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property27/03/198121/04/2012
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Halifax Building Society
Standard security1 property22/07/198004/11/2008
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property23/05/197918/03/2008
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property22/01/197904/11/2008
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Recent filings (123 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-24