A. WALKER SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC302028 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-08

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 17.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£219.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 17.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.9 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £219,341

Cash YoY

+52%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£78k

↑ 52% YoY

Net Worth

£219k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£81k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£229.8k	£240.3k
Current assets	£81.5k	£55.8k
Cash	£77.6k	£51.0k
Debtors	£2.1k	£2.0k
Net assets	£219.3k	£219.2k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

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2008-06-16
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WALKER, Alexander appointed
director
2008-06-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-05-08
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Company incorporated
As A. WALKER SERVICES LTD
2006-05-08
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WALKER, Marion appointed
secretary
2006-05-08
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WALKER, Alexander appointed
director
2006-05-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-08
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-05-08
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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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 "WALKER" — 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

79/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander Walker Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	08/05/2017

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

Incorporated2006-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Oakfield House

378 Brandon Street

Motherwell

ML1 1XA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-22

Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WALKER, Marion→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-08

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Active

WALKER, Alexander→

director · ~47y · appointed 2008-06-16

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Active

WALKER, Alexander→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-05-08

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2006-05-08

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2006-05-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	05/06/2008	—

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