GWF GENERATORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC383281 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-06

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£605.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 5.5y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £605,045

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£24k

Net Worth

£605k

Current Assets

£2.8m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31
Total assets	£2.20M
Current assets	£2.77M
Cash	£23.9k
Debtors	£2.03M
Net assets	£605.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2025-11-17
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accounts · AA01
2025-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-13
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-11
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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mortgage · MR01
2024-08-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Fredbarney Plant Limited
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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address · AD01
2023-08-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-05-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-26
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-05-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-03
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DALY, Francis Thomas appointed
director
2022-03-03
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SKILLEN, Richard Flintstone appointed
director
2022-03-03
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SKILLEN, Robert Logie appointed
director
2022-03-03
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FEENEY, Patrick Joseph resigned
director
2021-05-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Scottish Growth Scheme - Business Loans Scotland Debt Finance L.P.
2020-10-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) LTD
2020-01-20
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DALY, Francis Thomas appointed
secretary
2020-01-20
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DALY, Francis Thomas resigned
director
2019-03-25
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FEENEY, Diane Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-03-25
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ARGENT, Kathleen Mary Jayne resigned
director
2017-05-26
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MCGARTLAND, Fraser Charles appointed
director
2015-07-15
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FEENEY, Patrick Joseph appointed
director
2015-06-29
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ARGENT, Kathleen Mary Jayne appointed
director
2011-01-11
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CUNNINGHAM, Colin John resigned
director
2011-01-11
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LEBETER, Charles Graham resigned
director
2010-08-06
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Company incorporated
As GWF GENERATORS LIMITED
2010-08-06
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FEENEY, Nigel Anthony appointed
director
2010-08-06
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CUNNINGHAM, Colin John appointed
director
2010-08-06
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DALY, Francis Thomas appointed
director
2010-08-06
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LEBETER, Charles Graham appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Fredbarney Plant Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Fredbarney Plant Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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GWF GENERATORS LIMITED

This company · SC383281

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Fredbarney Plant Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	03/03/2022
Mr Nigel Anthony Feeney Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Fraser Charles Mcgartlandceased 27/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Francis Thomas Dalyceased 18/12/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · 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

Incorporated2010-08-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 6 Palmermount Industrial Estate

Kilmarnock Road

Dundonald

South Ayrshire

KA2 9BL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27