NORTH WEST AGGREGATES (ISLE OF LEWIS) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC324325 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-24

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 08110

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	1	100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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2024-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-10-12
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accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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accounts · AA
2019-02-26
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accounts · AA
2018-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-26
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-07
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accounts · AA
2014-05-30
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annual-return · AR01
2007-05-24
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Company incorporated
As NORTH WEST AGGREGATES (ISLE OF LEWIS) LIMITED
2007-05-24
➕
TAYLOR, Margaret appointed
secretary
2007-05-24
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TAYLOR, William Macgowan 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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Macgowan Taylor Individual · British · DOB 05/1942 · age 84	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2017
Mrs Margaret Taylor Individual · British · DOB 09/1942 · age 84	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated2007-05-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC08110 — SIC 08110

Registered office

42 Church Street

Borve

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 0RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-03

Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-24

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Active

TAYLOR, William Macgowan→

director · ~84y · appointed 2007-05-24

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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-10