FREDERICK WILSON (PROPERTIES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC217110 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-21
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 23.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
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. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2020-02-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2020-02-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-02-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-09-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 2002-10-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2001-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As FREDERICK WILSON (PROPERTIES) LIMITED
  21. 2001-03-21
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Graham appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-03-21
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Graham appointed
    director
  23. 2001-03-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2001-03-21
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-03-21
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/03/2017
Mr Graham Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/03/2017

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
Incorporated2001-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Pentland House
Saltire Centre
Glenrothes
KY6 2AH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-21
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Active
ANDERSON, Graham→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-03-21
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Active
TAYLOR, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-03-21
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-21 · resigned 2001-03-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property01/09/200424/02/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property10/10/200226/02/2020

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12