A&W SINCLAIR LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC277910 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-05
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 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.40M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,402,086
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.3m
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£4.4m
↑ 3.6% YoY
Current Assets
£2.8m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£880k£1.8m£2.6m£3.5m£4.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.07M£4.63M
Current assets£2.82M£2.45M
Cash£2.33M£1.85M
Debtors£384.5k£496.2k
Net assets£4.40M£4.25M

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2023-11-02
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    SINCLAIR, Julie Eileen resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-11-02
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    SINCLAIR, Julie Eileen resigned
    director
  6. 2023-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-11-02
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-09-06
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  9. 2023-09-06
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  10. 2023-09-06
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  11. 2022-12-30
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  12. 2021-12-16
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  13. 2021-01-21
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  14. 2019-12-20
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  15. 2018-12-21
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  16. 2017-12-21
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  17. 2016-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-09-30
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    SINCLAIR, Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2005-01-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A&W SINCLAIR LTD
  21. 2005-01-05
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, William Mackay appointed
    director
  22. 2005-01-05
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Julie Eileen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-01-05
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-01-05
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-01-05
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Julie Eileen appointed
    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
  • +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 "SINCLAIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Sinclair (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sinclair (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A&W SINCLAIR LTD
This company · SC277910

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sinclair (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/08/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Julia Eileen Sinclairceased 31/08/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Mr William Mackay Sinclairceased 31/08/2023· 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
Incorporated2005-01-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Quarry House Ruther
Watten
Wick
Caithness
KW1 5UW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SINCLAIR, Stuart→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, William Mackay→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, Julie Eileen→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-05 · resigned 2023-11-02
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-05 · resigned 2005-01-05
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Julie Eileen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-01-05 · resigned 2023-11-02
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 Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property14/04/2006—
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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-09-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16