W L VENTURES GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC109107 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1988-02-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
72 officers (3 active, 72 linked, 61 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
236 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (142 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2023-10-26
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2022-07-05
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  6. 2022-07-04
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-06-28
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    DORAN-TIMSON, Damian appointed
    director
  8. 2022-06-28
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    HORNE, Christopher Michael resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  14. 2017-09-11
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-09-11
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-09-06
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-09-06
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2017-09-06
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-06-07
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    FITZPATRICK, Lawrence appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-07
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    HORNE, Christopher Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2017-05-03
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    BOYLE, Willie resigned
    director
  22. 2017-05-03
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    MCGINTY, John resigned
    director
  23. 2017-05-03
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    MULDOON, Cathy resigned
    director
  24. 2014-02-14
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    WHITELAW, Julie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2014-02-14
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    STRUTHERS, Graeme resigned
    secretary
  26. 2012-05-03
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    STRUTHERS, Graeme appointed
    secretary
  27. 2012-05-03
    ➕
    BOYLE, Willie appointed
    director
  28. 2012-05-03
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    DUNN, William Andrew resigned
    director
  29. 2012-05-03
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    KERR, Thomas resigned
    director
  30. 2012-05-03
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    MCGINTY, John appointed
    director
  31. 2012-05-03
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    MULDOON, Cathy appointed
    director
  32. 2012-05-03
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    WALKER, James resigned
    director
  33. 2010-12-22
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    SHAW, Alistair resigned
    secretary
  34. 2007-05-10
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    KERR, Thomas appointed
    director
  35. 2007-05-02
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    THOMAS, Joseph Healey resigned
    director
  36. 2007-04-27
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    GREENWOOD, Kathy resigned
    secretary
  37. 2007-04-27
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    SHAW, Alistair appointed
    secretary
  38. 2007-04-27
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    DICKSON, James Allan resigned
    director
  39. 2007-04-27
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    FORSYTH, David resigned
    director
  40. 2007-04-27
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    GREENWOOD, Kathy resigned
    director
  41. 2007-04-27
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    LOGAN, Alan Mark resigned
    director
  42. 2007-04-27
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    MCANDREW, George Gordon resigned
    director
  43. 2007-04-27
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    MCKINNON, Gordon resigned
    director
  44. 2004-12-20
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    THOMAS, Joseph Healey appointed
    director
  45. 2004-12-20
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    WALKER, James appointed
    director
  46. 2004-09-27
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    BORROWMAN, Stuart resigned
    director
  47. 2004-09-27
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    KERR, Thomas resigned
    director
  48. 2004-06-28
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    MCKINNON, Gordon appointed
    director
  49. 2003-10-06
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    STEWART, David resigned
    director
  50. 2003-06-23
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    BARTHOLOMEW, Carol Margaret resigned
    director
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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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

West Lothian Council holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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West Lothian Council
Corporate parent · board control
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W L VENTURES GROUP LIMITED
This company · SC109107

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
West Lothian Council
Corporate entity
——board controlboard control30/08/2016

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1988-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

Civic Centre
Howden South Road
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6FF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 69 resigned)

WHITELAW, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DORAN-TIMSON, Damian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FITZPATRICK, Lawrence→
director · ~77y · appointed 2017-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENWOOD, Kathy→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-29 · resigned 2007-04-27
Resigned
SHAW, Alistair→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-27 · resigned 2010-12-22
Resigned
STRUTHERS, Graeme→
secretary · appointed 2012-05-03 · resigned 2014-02-14
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1990-07-12
Resigned
HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-07-12 · resigned 1996-03-29
Resigned
ANDERSON, Donald Craig→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-06-22 · resigned 1996-11-14
Resigned
BARRETT, John→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-09-24 · resigned 1998-04-02
Resigned
BARTHOLOMEW, Carol Margaret→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-09-27 · resigned 2003-06-23
Resigned
BELL, Alexander→
director · ~99y · resigned 1996-05-22
Resigned
BONNAR, Desmond Michael, Doctor→
director · ~79y · resigned 1992-07-29
Resigned
BORROWMAN, Stuart→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-06-23 · resigned 2004-09-27
Resigned
BOYLE, Willie→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-05-03 · resigned 2017-05-03
Resigned
CHRISTIE, Campbell, Dr→
director · ~89y · resigned 1991-09-25
Resigned
COOK, James→
director · ~98y · resigned 1996-05-22
Resigned
COSTELLO, David→
director · ~83y · resigned 1991-09-25
Resigned
CUMMING, Joseph→
director · ~99y · appointed 1988-02-09 · resigned 1992-07-29
Resigned
DICKSON, James Allan→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-11-20 · resigned 2007-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (236 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-27