ELIZABETH WALLACE BRIDAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC266999 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£117.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,875

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£118k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£143k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£29k£57k£86k£114k£143kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£120.0k£116.9k
Current assets£142.7k£142.9k
Net assets£117.9k£105.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-01
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    WALLACE, Brogan appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2016-07-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Pc
  16. 2016-04-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-04-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2005-11-10
    ➕
    WALLACE, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-10
    ➖
    COUNTDOWN ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-05-01
    ➕
    WALLACE, Elizabeth Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2004-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ELIZABETH WALLACE BRIDAL LIMITED
  23. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    COUNTDOWN ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-04-26
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-04-26
    ➖
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED 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 "WALLACE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WALLACE, Brogan (same surname) appointed 2025-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Wallace
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

15 South Hamilton Street
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WALLACE, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-10
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Active
WALLACE, Brogan→
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
WALLACE, Elizabeth Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-05-01
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Active
COUNTDOWN ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2005-11-10
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-04-26
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-04-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland Pc
A registered charge—22/07/2016—
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Recent filings (59 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29