WILLIAMSON TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC315230 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-24
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
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2022-01-24
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  6. 2022-01-24
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  8. 2021-08-30
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  9. 2021-04-26
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  12. 2021-04-26
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  13. 2020-11-03
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  14. 2019-08-30
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  15. 2018-08-31
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  16. 2017-08-14
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  17. 2012-05-31
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    WILLIAMSON, John Philip resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-05-31
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    WILLIAMSON, John Philip resigned
    director
  19. 2012-04-27
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    DEVINE, George appointed
    director
  20. 2012-04-27
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    DEVINE, Lesley Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2012-04-27
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    WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant resigned
    director
  22. 2012-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2008-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  24. 2007-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As WILLIAMSON TRANSPORT LIMITED
  25. 2007-01-24
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, John Philip appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-01-24
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    WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant appointed
    director
  27. 2007-01-24
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, John Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Devine-Devine Transport Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Devine-Devine Transport Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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WILLIAMSON TRANSPORT LIMITED
This company · SC315230

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Devine-Devine Transport Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/01/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr George Devineceased 21/01/2022· 50-75% shares
  • Mrs Lesley Ann Devineceased 21/01/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2007-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DEVINE, George→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVINE, Lesley Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, John Philip→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-24 · resigned 2012-05-31
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Iain Grant→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-01-24 · resigned 2012-04-27
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, John Philip→
director · ~96y · appointed 2007-01-24 · resigned 2012-05-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge floating charge1 property28/02/200821/04/2012

Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-26