WDP DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC240124 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-26
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-07-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2020-07-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-02-01
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    PIGGOT, Wendy resigned
    director
  11. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-20
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    BLACKADDERS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2016-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-06-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2008-04-01
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    BLACKADDERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2008-04-01
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    BLACKADDERS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    PIGGOT, Douglas appointed
    director
  21. 2002-12-09
    ➖
    CLARK, Campbell John Scott resigned
    nominee-director
  22. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    PIGGOT, Wendy appointed
    director
  23. 2002-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As WDP DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  24. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    BLACKADDERS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    CLARK, Campbell John Scott appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Piggot
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Wendy Piggotceased 01/02/2020· 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
Incorporated2002-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Liscannor
Easthaven
Carnoustie
DD7 6LQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PIGGOT, Douglas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-12-09
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Active
BLACKADDERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
BLACKADDERS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2016-06-20
Resigned
CLARK, Campbell John Scott→
nominee-director · ~55y · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2002-12-09
Resigned
PIGGOT, Wendy→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2020-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-02