NWL CONTRACTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC508667 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-02-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-02-02
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-01-24
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    WALKER, Alan Stuart appointed
    director
  13. 2018-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As NWL CONTRACTS LTD
  18. 2015-06-17
    ➕
    WALKER, Neil Murray appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +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

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Stuart Walker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/01/2020
Mr Neil Walker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Burnbrae Stables
Chryston
Lanarkshire
G69 9HR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WALKER, Alan Stuart→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-01-24
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WALKER, Neil Murray→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-06-17
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-02