WOODHILL PHARMACY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC184284 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees8800

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2024-01-30
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  4. 2023-04-25
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  5. 2022-04-26
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  6. 2021-01-31
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  7. 2020-01-31
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  8. 2019-01-29
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  9. 2018-01-31
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  10. 2017-02-08
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  11. 2016-03-22
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2016-03-22
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2016-03-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2011-03-28
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    RITCHIE, David resigned
    director
  16. 1998-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As WOODHILL PHARMACY LIMITED
  17. 1998-03-27
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    TWADDLE, Alison appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-03-27
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    TWADDLE, Alison appointed
    director
  19. 1998-03-27
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    TRAINER, Diane appointed
    nominee-secretary
  20. 1998-03-27
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    TRAINER, Diane resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-03-27
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  22. 1998-03-27
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  23. 1998-03-27
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    RITCHIE, David appointed
    director
  24. 1998-03-27
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1998-03-27
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Alison Twaddle
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

168 Woodhill Road
Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
G64 1DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

TWADDLE, Alison→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-27
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Active
TWADDLE, Alison→
director · ~59y · appointed 1998-03-27
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Active
TRAINER, Diane→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-27 · resigned 1998-03-27
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1998-03-27 · resigned 1998-03-27
Resigned
RITCHIE, David→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-03-27 · resigned 2011-03-28
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1998-03-27 · resigned 1998-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-31