WOODEND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC066570 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.55M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

18 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 46.1y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
18 charges (18/18 with lender, 18/18 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,546,851
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,817 YoY
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£948k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↓ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£327k£654k£981k£1.3m£1.6mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.55M£1.59M
Current assets£1.63M£1.64M
Cash£947.7k£989.2k
Debtors£99.5k£63.5k
Net assets£1.55M£1.59M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2024-11-14
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  3. 2023-10-05
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  4. 2022-08-29
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  5. 2021-08-19
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  6. 2020-11-16
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  7. 2019-10-21
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  8. 2018-10-02
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  9. 2017-11-12
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  10. 2016-06-10
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  11. 2015-12-10
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  12. 2015-12-10
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  13. 2015-11-07
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    KNIGHT, Phyllis resigned
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  14. 2015-11-07
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    KNIGHT, Phyllis resigned
    director
  15. 2015-10-05
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  16. 2015-06-08
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  17. 2014-11-06
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  18. 1997-08-27
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    Charge satisfied #18
  19. 1997-08-27
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    Charge satisfied #17
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    Charge satisfied #16
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  28. 1997-08-27
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  34. 1997-08-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  35. 1997-03-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 1996-06-23
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    KNIGHT, Howard appointed
    director
  37. 1996-06-23
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    KNIGHT, Joseph resigned
    director
  38. 1986-04-25
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    Charge registered #18
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
  39. 1986-04-25
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    Charge registered #17
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
  40. 1986-03-26
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    Charge registered #16
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
  41. 1986-03-26
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
  42. 1986-03-26
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
  43. 1985-05-22
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks Limited
  44. 1985-05-22
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks Limited
  45. 1985-03-28
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks LTD
  46. 1984-10-17
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    Lender: Allied Irish Banks LTD
  47. 1984-10-17
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    Lender: Allied Irish Banks LTD
  48. 1984-10-17
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    Lender: Allied Irish Banks LTD
  49. 1984-10-17
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks LTD
  50. 1984-10-17
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Allied Irish Bank
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Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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 Barry Knight
Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Howard Knight
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1978-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

30 Deanston Drive
Glasgow
G41 3AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

KNIGHT, Howard→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-06-23
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Active
KNIGHT, Phyllis→
secretary · resigned 2015-11-07
Resigned
KNIGHT, Joseph→
director · ~101y · resigned 1996-06-23
Resigned
KNIGHT, Phyllis→
director · ~95y · resigned 2015-11-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

18
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:18 of 18 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks PLC
Standard security1 property25/04/198627/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks PLC
Standard security1 property25/04/198627/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks PLC
Standard security1 property26/03/198627/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks PLC
Standard security1 property26/03/198627/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks PLC
Standard security1 property26/03/198627/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks Limited
Standard security1 property22/05/198527/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks Limited
Standard security1 property22/05/198527/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property28/03/198527/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property17/10/198427/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property17/10/198427/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property17/10/198427/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property17/10/198427/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Bank
Standard security1 property17/10/198427/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property25/05/198427/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property03/11/198327/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property03/11/198327/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Standard security1 property16/02/198227/08/1997
satisfied
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks LTD
Floating charge1 property14/04/198014/03/1997

Recent filings (112 total)

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2025-10-21
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2024-11-14
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2024-10-03
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2023-10-26
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accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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2022-10-24
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accounts · AA
2022-08-29
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2021-10-19
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accounts · AA
2021-08-19
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accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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2020-10-21
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2019-10-21
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2019-10-04
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2018-10-08