WINTER ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC294115 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,833
Cash YoY
+64%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↑ 64% YoY
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£18k£26k£35k£44kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£29.8k£29.4k
Current assets£39.7k£43.9k
Cash£14.6k£8.9k
Net assets£29.8k£29.4k

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2024-09-16
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  3. 2023-12-05
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  4. 2022-12-11
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  5. 2021-12-10
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  6. 2021-12-09
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  7. 2021-12-09
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  8. 2021-10-29
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  9. 2020-11-13
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  10. 2019-11-08
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  11. 2019-02-14
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  12. 2018-08-22
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  13. 2017-09-03
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  14. 2016-09-12
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  15. 2015-12-06
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  16. 2005-12-06
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    Company incorporated
    As WINTER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  17. 2005-12-06
    ➕
    WINTER, Michael Gary, Professor appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-12-06
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    WINTER, Janice Ann Henderson appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-06
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    WINTER, Michael Gary, Professor 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 "WINTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mrs Janice Ann Henderson Winter
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2021
Professor Michael Gary Winter
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Sawmill House, 5 Whitemoss Road
Kirknewton
Midlothian
EH27 8AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WINTER, Michael Gary, Professor→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-06
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Active
WINTER, Janice Ann Henderson→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-12-06
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WINTER, Michael Gary, Professor→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-12-06
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Recent filings (47 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-13