BRIAN WILSON (ORKNEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC339083 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-07

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

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

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

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£1.25M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45310

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,251,515

Cash YoY

+98%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 98% YoY

Net Worth

£1.3m

↑ 4.6% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 96% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1.42M	£1.28M	£1.24M
Current assets	£2.5k	£61.3k	£61.4k
Cash	£2.5k	£1.3k	£1.4k
Debtors	—	£60.0k	£60.0k
Net assets	£1.25M	£1.20M	£1.09M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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2018-10-23
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capital · SH06
2017-05-25
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capital · SH08
2017-05-25
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-05-25
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capital · SH03
2017-05-02
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officers · TM01
2017-05-02
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officers · TM01
2017-04-21
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TAIT, Charles William resigned
director
2017-04-21
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TAIT, Peter Isbister resigned
director
2008-03-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-03-10
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WILSON, Brian Albert appointed
secretary
2008-03-10
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WILSON, Brian Albert appointed
director
2008-03-10
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WILSON, Kathryn Leask appointed
director
2008-03-10
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-10
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TAIT, Charles William appointed
director
2008-03-10
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TAIT, Peter Isbister appointed
director
2008-03-10
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WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2008-03-07
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Company incorporated
As BRIAN WILSON (ORKNEY) LIMITED
2008-03-07
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-03-07
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WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "WILSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Albert Wilson Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/07/2016

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

Incorporated2008-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

Orkney Factors Ltd Crowness Road

Hatston Ind. Estate

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1RG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WILSON, Brian Albert→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-10

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Active

WILSON, Brian Albert→

director · ~59y · appointed 2008-03-10

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Active

WILSON, Kathryn Leask→

director · ~50y · appointed 2008-03-10

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Active

WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-10

Resigned

TAIT, Charles William→

director · ~75y · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2017-04-21

Resigned

TAIT, Peter Isbister→

director · ~74y · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2017-04-21

Resigned

WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	31/03/2008	—

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