W. T. PATERSON JOINERS & BUILDERS LTD

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SC505310 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-07
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1.22M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £1,215,475
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£949k
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£243k£486k£729k£972k£1.2mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.32M£940.8k
Current assets£1.19M£810.7k
Cash£948.7k£764.0k
Debtors£160.8k£25.6k
Net assets£1.22M£876.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 3 capital
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 capital
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    capital · SH02
  2. 2026-03-10
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    capital · SH10
  3. 2026-03-10
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    capital · SH08
  4. 2026-03-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2026-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2026-02-10
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  7. 2025-02-25
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  8. 2024-02-28
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  9. 2023-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-24
    ➕
    PATERSON, Anne Kerr appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2021-02-26
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  14. 2020-02-24
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  15. 2019-02-27
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  16. 2018-03-14
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  17. 2017-02-07
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  18. 2015-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As W. T. PATERSON JOINERS & BUILDERS LTD
  19. 2015-05-07
    ➕
    PATERSON, William Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 William Thomas Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Woodend
Auchenbowie
Stirling
Stirlingshire
FK7 8HE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PATERSON, Anne Kerr→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-05-24
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Active
PATERSON, William Thomas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-05-07
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-03-12
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-03-10
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25