SPIRIT OF WOOD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC245045 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-04

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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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£222.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £222,448

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£222k

↑ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£360k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£256.2k	£264.3k
Current assets	£359.7k	£362.6k
Net assets	£222.4k	£214.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-11-13
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2024-11-28
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2023-11-28
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2022-11-24
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2021-11-26
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2021-02-25
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2019-11-28
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2018-11-21
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2017-07-11
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2016-11-15
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accounts · AA
2016-03-08
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2015-11-25
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accounts · AA
2015-03-04
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2014-11-19
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2014-04-01
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2003-03-04
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Company incorporated
As SPIRIT OF WOOD LIMITED
2003-03-04
➕
MCDIARMID, Calum John appointed
secretary
2003-03-04
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MCDIARMID, Calum John appointed
director
2003-03-04
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MCDIARMID, Nicola Lindsay appointed
director
2003-03-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-04
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nicola Lindsay Mcdiarmid Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Calum John Mcdiarmid Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Mains Of Murthly

Aberfeldy

Perthshire

PH15 2EA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCDIARMID, Calum John→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-04

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Active

MCDIARMID, Calum John→

director · ~56y · appointed 2003-03-04

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Active

MCDIARMID, Nicola Lindsay→

director · ~57y · appointed 2003-03-04

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2003-03-04

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