WOOLGAR HUNTER PROJECTS LIMITED

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SC158532 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-08
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.4y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
107 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
Net Worth
£2
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Cash£2—
Net assets£2—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-20
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  4. 2024-12-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-09
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  9. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2021-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-12-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    SKIMMING, Moyra Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-11-18
    ➖
    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-09-21
    ➖
    WOOLGAR, Desmond Walter resigned
    director
  21. 2000-08-30
    ➖
    MARSH, Charles John resigned
    director
  22. 1999-07-01
    ➖
    CHEEVERS, William Francis Philip resigned
    director
  23. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    NEILSON, William appointed
    director
  24. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    MARSH, Charles John appointed
    director
  25. 1997-02-18
    ➕
    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1997-02-18
    ➖
    MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1995-07-05
    ➕
    MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1995-07-05
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1995-07-05
    ➕
    CHEEVERS, William Francis Philip appointed
    director
  30. 1995-07-05
    ➕
    WOOLGAR, Desmond Walter appointed
    director
  31. 1995-07-05
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  32. 1995-06-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WOOLGAR HUNTER PROJECTS LIMITED
  33. 1995-06-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 1995-06-08
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 29 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

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

Group structure

Woolgar Hunter Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Woolgar Hunter Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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WOOLGAR HUNTER PROJECTS LIMITED
This company · SC158532

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Woolgar Hunter Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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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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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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
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

226 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2PQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

SKIMMING, Moyra Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEILSON, William→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-02-18 · resigned 2004-11-18
Resigned
MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-07-05 · resigned 1997-02-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-06-08 · resigned 1995-07-05
Resigned
CHEEVERS, William Francis Philip→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-07-05 · resigned 1999-07-01
Resigned
MARSH, Charles John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2000-08-30
Resigned
WOOLGAR, Desmond Walter→
director · ~91y · appointed 1995-07-05 · resigned 2002-09-21
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1995-06-08 · resigned 1995-07-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property14/12/2004—
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Recent filings (107 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-29