WOODNWIRE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC337969 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-18

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jan 2025

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

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 2 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	300	300

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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2008-02-18
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Company incorporated
As WOODNWIRE LTD.
2008-02-18
➕
MATTHEWS, Marion appointed
secretary
2008-02-18
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MATTHEWS, David Stuart appointed
director
2008-02-18
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MATTHEWS, Marion appointed
director
2008-02-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2008-02-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2008-02-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 David Stuart Matthews Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mrs Marion Matthews Individual · German · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2008-02-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

4 Raith Gardens

Kirkcaldy

Fife

KY2 5NJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MATTHEWS, Marion→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

MATTHEWS, David Stuart→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

MATTHEWS, Marion→

director · ~57y · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-02-18

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-02-18

Resigned

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