SECOND WORLD WAR AIR RAID VICTIMS - WICK

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SC273568 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-09-17

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£36.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 £36,875

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£37k

↑ 1.9% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

↑ 6.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£36.9k	£36.2k
Current assets	£11.9k	£11.2k
Net assets	£36.9k	£36.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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accounts · AA
2025-06-25
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officers · AP01
2025-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
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GILL, Elise Margaret appointed
director
2024-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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officers · AP03
2024-03-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-25
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-25
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address · AD01
2024-03-19
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CORMACK, Graham appointed
secretary
2023-07-21
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GUNN, Alexander Henry appointed
director
2023-07-21
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HENDRY, Yvonne Isobel resigned
secretary
2023-07-21
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HENDRY, Yvonne Isobel resigned
director
2023-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-18
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MILLER, Virginia resigned
director
2019-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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CORMACK, Graham appointed
director
2017-08-23
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MILLER, Catherine appointed
director
2017-07-24
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CORMACK, Alan resigned
director
2017-04-05
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CORMACK, Duncan resigned
director
2016-04-27
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CORMACK, Elizabeth Jane Gair appointed
director
2016-04-27
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WEBSTER, Anne Sutherland resigned
director
2016-02-01
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WARES, Alexander Dallas resigned
director
2013-08-05
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CORMACK, Ellison Clyne resigned
director
2011-03-14
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MILLER, Heather Rhona resigned
director
2007-07-10
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HENDRY, Yvonne Isobel appointed
secretary
2007-07-09
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SPRUCE, Karen Rose resigned
secretary
2007-03-01
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MACKENZIE, John Gibbons appointed
director
2007-03-01
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SPRUCE, Karen Rose appointed
secretary
2007-03-01
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HENDRY, Yvonne Isobel appointed
director
2007-01-08
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MILLER, Heather Rhona appointed
director
2007-01-08
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MILLER, Virginia appointed
director
2006-12-11
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SMITH, Carol Ann resigned
secretary
2006-12-11
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MACLEOD, James resigned
director
2006-12-11
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WILSON, Philip resigned
director
2005-12-08
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BROAD, Michael David resigned
director
2005-12-08
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CORMACK, Alan appointed
director
2005-12-08
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MACLEOD, James appointed
director
2005-12-08
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WILSON, Philip appointed
director
2004-09-17
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Company incorporated
As SECOND WORLD WAR AIR RAID VICTIMS - WICK
2004-09-17
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SMITH, Carol Ann appointed
secretary
2004-09-17
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BROAD, Michael David appointed
director
2004-09-17
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CORMACK, Duncan appointed
director
2004-09-17
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CORMACK, Ellison Clyne appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-09-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Willowbank

Wick

KW1 4NY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last: 2025-09-17