JWF (GROUP) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC493916 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-22

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (8 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,897,341

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£1.90M	—
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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officers · CH01
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-28
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officers · AP01
2023-08-28
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officers · AP01
2023-08-28
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officers · AP01
2023-08-28
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officers · AP01
2023-03-10
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AITKEN, Brian Anthony appointed
director
2023-03-10
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BUCHAN, Ian Andrew John appointed
director
2023-03-10
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PIRRIE, James Mcnab appointed
director
2023-03-10
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PIRRIE, John Syme appointed
director
2022-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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capital · SH08
2018-06-11
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KERLIN, John Martin resigned
director
2014-12-22
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Company incorporated
As JWF (GROUP) LIMITED
2014-12-22
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GEMMELL, David James appointed
secretary
2014-12-22
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ALLAN, Robert James appointed
director
2014-12-22
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FAIRBAIRN, Kenneth Mcinnes appointed
director
2014-12-22
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GEMMELL, David James appointed
director
2014-12-22
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KERLIN, John Martin appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Jwf Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jwf Group Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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JWF (GROUP) LIMITED

This company · SC493916

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jwf Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/03/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Kenneth Mcinnes Fairbairnceased 10/03/2023· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

85 Seaward Street

Glasgow

G41 1HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-12

Last: 2025-08-29