WOOD FUEL CO-OPERATIVE

🌳Matureactive
SC399132 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-05-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£60.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £60,515
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£285k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£57k£114k£171k£228k£285kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-302024-05-30
Total assets£71.1k£64.2k
Current assets£284.6k£245.3k
Cash£3.2k£2.8k
Debtors£175.5k£127.0k
Net assets£60.5k£59.8k

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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-13
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-08-12
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  5. 2021-09-07
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  6. 2021-08-28
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-28
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-14
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  12. 2018-05-25
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  13. 2018-05-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2018-05-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2018-02-27
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-27
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    PARKE, Ashley appointed
    director
  18. 2011-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As WOOD FUEL CO-OPERATIVE
  19. 2011-05-09
    ➕
    PARKE, Rowland Le Fleming appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-09
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Suzanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Rowland Le Fleming Parke
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence10/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2011-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Wood Fuel Co-Operative Heathhall Industrial Estate
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3PH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PARKE, Ashley→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-10-27
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Active
PARKE, Rowland Le Fleming→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-09
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Active
TAYLOR, Suzanne→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—03/05/2018—
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
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accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
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accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-01