GORDON WYLLIE STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC297447 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive 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. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.8 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-07📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2022-03-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-12-01➕WYLLIE, Mark Alexander appointeddirector
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2019-05-20📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2018-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2008-06-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs GORDON WYLLIE STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED
- 2006-02-20➕WYLLIE, Elaine Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-20➕WYLLIE, Elaine Margaret appointeddirector
- 2006-02-20➕WYLLIE, Gordon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WYLLIE" — 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WYLLIE, Mark Alexander (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mark Alexander Wyllie Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/12/2021 |
Mr Gordon Wyllie Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Elaine Margaret Wyllie Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Netherton Cottage Low Road
Westmuir
Kirriemuir
DD8 5LN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
WYLLIE, Elaine Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-02-20
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WYLLIE, Elaine Margaret→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-02-20
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WYLLIE, Gordon→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2006-02-20
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WYLLIE, Mark Alexander→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-12-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 30/06/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-06