H J WALKER & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC345386 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

2 live charges · oldest 17.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.7 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: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees4400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-07-08
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    WALKER, Elsie Mccamon resigned
    director
  8. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-07-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2008-08-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2008-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As H J WALKER & COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2008-07-07
    ➕
    WALKER, Harry James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-07-07
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    WALKER, Harry James appointed
    director
  22. 2008-07-07
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    WALKER, Harry John appointed
    director
  23. 2008-07-07
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    WALKER, Helen Maud appointed
    director
  24. 2008-07-07
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    WALKER, Elsie Mccamon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WALKER" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harry James Walker
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2008-07-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Barwinnock
Whauphill
Newton Stewart
DG8 9PX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

WALKER, Harry James→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-07
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Active
WALKER, Harry James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-07-07
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Active
WALKER, Harry John→
director · ~86y · appointed 2008-07-07
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Active
WALKER, Helen Maud→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-07-07
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Active
WALKER, Elsie Mccamon→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-07-07 · resigned 2021-07-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/07/2013—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property10/08/2008—
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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-18