W J LEACH LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC250253 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-29
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 May 2025
Net worth
£785.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £785,049
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£355k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£785k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£375k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£157k£314k£471k£628k£785kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£798.4k£681.1k
Current assets£375.4k£661.3k
Cash£355.2k£645.2k
Debtors£20.2k£16.2k
Net assets£785.0k£676.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-02-09
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    LEACH, Alison Rachel appointed
    director
  4. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-11-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-12-17
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  16. 2018-12-17
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  17. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As W J LEACH LTD.
  19. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    LEACH, Alison Rachel appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    LEACH, William appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-05-29
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LEACH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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 William Leach
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Alison Rachel Leachceased 13/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

Radleigh House / 1 Golf Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LEACH, Alison Rachel→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-29
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Active
LEACH, Alison Rachel→
director · ~62y · appointed 2026-02-09
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Active
LEACH, William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18