S.W. PLANT (PROPERTY) LIMITED
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 26.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £117.4k | £108.6k |
| Current assets | £11.3k | £11.8k |
| Net assets | £117.4k | £108.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-30📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2026-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-04-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-09-01➖WARD, Barrie resignedsecretary
- 2022-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2001-09-26➕WARD, Barrie appointedsecretary
- 2001-09-25➖WORDSWORTH, Paul resignedsecretary
- 2001-09-25➖WORDSWORTH, Paul resigneddirector
- 2000-05-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2000-01-22➕PATON, William appointeddirector
- 2000-01-22➕WORDSWORTH, Paul appointedsecretary
- 2000-01-22➖RANDALLS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2000-01-22➕WORDSWORTH, Paul appointeddirector
- 2000-01-22➖RANDALLS NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2000-01-21🏢Company incorporatedAs S.W. PLANT (PROPERTY) LIMITED
- 2000-01-21➕RANDALLS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2000-01-21➕RANDALLS NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanGroup structure
Ward Group Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ward Group Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Margaret-Anne Brown Flynn Paton Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ward Holdings Ltdceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares
- Mr William Patonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest
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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8 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.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 05/05/2000 | 03/02/2026 |