W. W. & S. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC297861 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-27
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 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£244.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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

4 live charges · oldest 20.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.3 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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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 £244,304
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£244k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£49k£98k£147k£195k£244kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£249.1k£263.3k
Current assets£29.7k£28.9k
Cash£11.8k£8.6k
Debtors£1.9k£4.3k
Net assets£244.3k£234.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  7. 2019-12-27
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  11. 2016-06-29
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  14. 2016-05-10
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  15. 2016-05-10
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    BRAND, Stuart John appointed
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  16. 2016-04-26
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  18. 2016-02-26
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    WATSON, James Mcknight resigned
    secretary
  19. 2016-02-26
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    WATSON, James Mcknight resigned
    director
  20. 2016-02-26
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    WATSON, Jodie Michelle resigned
    director
  21. 2012-06-19
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    SHEPHERD, Kay Jannette Wallace resigned
    director
  22. 2012-06-19
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    WATSON, Jodie Michelle appointed
    director
  23. 2006-05-12
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2006-05-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 2006-05-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 2006-04-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  27. 2006-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As W. W. & S. LIMITED
  28. 2006-02-27
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    WATSON, Patricia appointed
    director
  29. 2006-02-27
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    WATSON, James Mcknight appointed
    secretary
  30. 2006-02-27
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    SHEPHERD, Kay Jannette Wallace appointed
    director
  31. 2006-02-27
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    WATSON, James Mcknight appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart John Brand
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Paula Jane Higgins Brand
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Patricia Watson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Galloway Arms Hotel
Crocketford
Dumfries
DG2 8RA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BRAND, Paula Jane Higgins→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-05-10
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Active
BRAND, Stuart John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-05-10
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Active
WATSON, Patricia→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-02-27
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Active
WATSON, James Mcknight→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-27 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
SHEPHERD, Kay Jannette Wallace→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-02-27 · resigned 2012-06-19
Resigned
WATSON, James Mcknight→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-02-27 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
WATSON, Jodie Michelle→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-06-19 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property12/05/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property12/05/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property12/05/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property04/04/2006—
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Recent filings (58 total)

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2026-03-02
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2025-12-30
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2025-03-13
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2025-03-03
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2024-03-08
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2023-12-29
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2023-05-12
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2023-03-30
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2022-04-22
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2021-04-30
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2021-01-06
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2020-04-02
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2019-12-27
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2019-04-02