JAMES WYLIE & SON LTD.

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SC331017 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-18
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 · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees9001100

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2022-09-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-09-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMES WYLIE & SON LTD.
  17. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    WYLIE, James Forsyth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    WYLIE, James Forsyth appointed
    director
  19. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    WYLIE, Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-09-18
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-09-18
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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
  • +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 "WYLIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 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.)

Group structure

Wes3 Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Wes3 Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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JAMES WYLIE & SON LTD.
This company · SC331017

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
Wes3 Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/12/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Forsyth Wylieceased 21/12/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence
  • Mr Stuart Wylieceased 21/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2007-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

61 Montgomerie Street
Tarbolton
KA5 5QD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WYLIE, James Forsyth→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WYLIE, James Forsyth→
director · ~80y · appointed 2007-09-18
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Active
WYLIE, Stuart→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-18