WALLACE MARINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC474549 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-07

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£61.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33150

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £61,010

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,273 YoY

Cash YoY

-14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£82k

↓ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£61k

↓ 6.5% YoY

Current Assets

£91k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£66.3k	£81.0k
Current assets	£91.0k	£124.6k
Cash	£82.0k	£95.5k
Debtors	£9.0k	£29.1k
Net assets	£61.0k	£65.3k

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

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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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2025-01-31
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2024-01-19
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2022-12-21
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2022-02-07
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2020-12-14
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2020-05-04
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2019-02-08
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2018-06-01
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officers · TM01
2018-05-31
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PARKER, Michael George resigned
director
2018-04-23
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COYLE, Linda Ann appointed
director
2018-04-23
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HAYES, John Edward appointed
director
2018-04-23
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address · AD01
2018-04-23
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2018-04-23
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officers · AP01
2018-03-21
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accounts · AA
2016-12-05
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accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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2014-04-07
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Company incorporated
As WALLACE MARINE LIMITED
2014-04-07
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PARKER, Michael George appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Edward Hayes Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	50–75%	—	50-75% 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

Incorporated2014-04-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33150 — SIC 33150

Registered office

17 Lexwell Avenue

Elderslie

Johnstone

PA5 9AF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-20

Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

COYLE, Linda Ann→

director · ~59y · appointed 2018-04-23

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Active

HAYES, John Edward→

director · ~61y · appointed 2018-04-23

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Active

PARKER, Michael George→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-04-07 · resigned 2018-05-31

Resigned

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