AUTOWELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC238399 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-06
    ➖
    DOW, Sandra resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-10-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-10-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-07-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-03-22
    ➕
    MALLET, Stuart Ritchie appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-22
    ➕
    MAYS, Charlene Angela appointed
    director
  14. 2022-03-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-03-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-06-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2002-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOWELD LIMITED
  22. 2002-10-18
    ➕
    SWAN, James appointed
    director
  23. 2002-10-18
    ➕
    DOW, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-10-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-10-18
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Ritchie Mallet
Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2022
Ms Charlene Angela Mays
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2022
Mr James Swan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Patricia Katherine Swanceased 05/04/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2002-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Elgin Works, Dickson Street
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7SL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MALLET, Stuart Ritchie→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAYS, Charlene Angela→
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWAN, James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-10-18
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Active
DOW, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2023-10-06
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2002-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-22