WAID LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC326516 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · PSC count: 1 → 2
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑PSC count: 1 → 2
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-805
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £805
Cash YoY
+217%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↑ 217% YoY
Net Worth
-£805
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k£5k£11k£17k£23k£30kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-805£-1.4k
Current assets£29.7k£27.8k
Cash£14.6k£4.6k
Debtors£14.9k£23.0k
Net assets£-805£-1.4k

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-03-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-04-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-03-02
    ➖
    RALTON, Carole Anne resigned
    secretary
  17. 2011-04-06
    ➕
    RALTON, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2007-06-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WAID LIMITED
  19. 2007-06-28
    ➕
    RALTON, Brian Thomas appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-28
    ➕
    RALTON, Carole Anne appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Thomas Ralton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Ralton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/07/2026

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
Incorporated2007-06-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

14 The Mount
Motherwell
ML1 3SW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-12
Last: 2026-06-28

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

RALTON, Andrew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RALTON, Brian Thomas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-06-28
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Active
RALTON, Carole Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-28 · resigned 2017-03-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28