WR CONTRACTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC474736 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£31.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Site preparation
Sector: Construction
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £31,576

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£32k
↑ 191% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↑ 161% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£46.0k£10.8k
Current assets£40.3k£15.4k
Net assets£31.6k£10.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-17
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    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-02-17
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-02-04
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    ROBERTSON, Margaretta Mcintosh appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-03-31
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  8. 2021-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-30
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  10. 2020-12-05
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-07-13
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    address · AD01
  12. 2020-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-06
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    address · AD01
  15. 2020-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-01-25
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  17. 2018-01-11
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  18. 2014-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As WR CONTRACTS LTD
  19. 2014-04-08
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    ROBERTSON, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation

Registered office

Office 6 (Upper Floor) 8-10 Glasgow Road
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
G66 1SH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Margaretta Mcintosh→
director · ~62y · appointed 2026-02-04
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ROBERTSON, William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-04-08
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-12-05