WALLACE TREECARE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC359863 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-19

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 May 2025

Net worth

£41.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02400

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

44 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £41,842

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£42k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£23k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£50.1k	£36.4k
Current assets	£23.1k	£24.0k
Net assets	£41.8k	£30.7k

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

• 3 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-15
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officers · AP01
2026-04-01
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WALLACE, Rhys appointed
director
2025-08-28
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accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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2023-08-31
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2022-08-04
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2021-10-27
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2021-04-30
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2020-02-28
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2019-01-08
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2018-01-23
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2017-02-13
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2016-05-17
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2015-11-18
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2010-05-19
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WALLACE, Gordon resigned
director
2009-05-19
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Company incorporated
As WALLACE TREECARE LTD.
2009-05-19
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WALLACE, Gordon appointed
director
2009-05-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-05-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-05-19
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-05-19
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director
2009-05-19
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WALLACE, Gordon appointed
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 "WALLACE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

19/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WALLACE, Rhys (same surname) appointed 2026-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gordon Wallace Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-05-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

15 South Hamilton Street

Kilmarnock

KA1 2DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-03

Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WALLACE, Gordon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-05-19

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Active

WALLACE, Rhys→

director · ~29y · appointed 2026-04-01

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-05-19 · resigned 2009-05-19

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-05-19 · resigned 2009-05-19

Resigned

WALLACE, Gordon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-05-19 · resigned 2010-05-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-13

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-04-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-15