WEBWEIGH LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC400816 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£23k-£18k-£13k-£9k-£4k£916Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£-22.9k
Current assets—£916
Cash—£722
Debtors—£194
Net assets—£-22.9k
Average employees3—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-28
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  4. 2023-03-28
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  5. 2021-06-10
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  6. 2021-06-10
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  7. 2021-05-26
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  8. 2020-03-11
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  9. 2019-03-11
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  10. 2018-02-23
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  11. 2017-07-19
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  12. 2017-03-07
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  13. 2016-08-17
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  14. 2016-04-11
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  15. 2015-08-25
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  16. 2011-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As WEBWEIGH LTD.
  17. 2011-06-02
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    MCVICAR, Ian James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-06-02
    ➕
    MCVICAR, Duncan James, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-02
    ➕
    MCVICAR, Ian James appointed
    director
  20. 2011-06-02
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-06-02
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  22. 2011-06-02
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 2011-06-02
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 2011-06-02
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2011-06-02
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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

89/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Ian James Mcvicar
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2011-06-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

27 Lauriston Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 9DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-16
Last: 2026-06-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCVICAR, Ian James→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCVICAR, Duncan James, Mr.→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCVICAR, Ian James→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-02 · resigned 2011-06-02
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 2011-06-02 · resigned 2011-06-02
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-06-02 · resigned 2011-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
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2025-12-23
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2025-07-10
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2024-12-23
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2024-07-09
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2023-12-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
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2023-03-28
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2022-06-08
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2021-06-10
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2021-06-10
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2021-06-03
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accounts · AA01
2021-05-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-14
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accounts · AA
2020-03-11