WESTFAST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC290681 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-22
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 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25940
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 18.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 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 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 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
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 £1,130,155
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£133k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£400k£801k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.14M£981.6k
Current assets£2.00M£1.81M
Cash£132.9k£123.2k
Debtors£774.6k£809.5k
Net assets£1.13M£965.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-03-17
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  3. 2024-04-18
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  4. 2022-12-01
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  5. 2022-04-20
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  6. 2021-10-05
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-10-05
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-02
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    accounts · AA01
  10. 2020-10-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-10-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-09-24
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  13. 2018-07-25
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  14. 2017-09-22
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  15. 2016-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-29
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    WESTON, Karen appointed
    director
  17. 2015-09-29
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    WESTON, Arthur resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2005-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As WESTFAST LIMITED
  20. 2005-09-22
    ➕
    WESTON, David appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-22
    ➕
    WESTON, Arthur appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-09-22
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-22
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-09-22
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-09-22
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Weston
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/01/2020
Mrs Karen Weston
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25940 — SIC 25940

Registered office

70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WESTON, David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-09-22
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Active
WESTON, Karen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-09-29
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Active
WESTON, Arthur→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-22 · resigned 2015-09-29
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-22 · resigned 2005-09-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-22 · resigned 2005-09-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property12/03/2008—
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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01