M & W BAR LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC512011 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-31

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-3.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (79/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £3,037

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£3k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Assets

£46k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£24.0k	£28.6k
Current assets	£45.5k	£51.9k
Net assets	£-3.0k	£-4.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-11-19
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accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-12-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2016-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-07-31
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Company incorporated
As M & W BAR LTD
2015-07-31
➕
WYPER, Mari Jane appointed
director
2015-07-31
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WYPER, Mary appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Mary Wyper Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Miss Mari Jane Wyper Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-07-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

15 St. Leonard Street

Lanark

ML11 7AB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WYPER, Mari Jane→

director · ~40y · appointed 2015-07-31

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Active

WYPER, Mary→

director · ~72y · appointed 2015-07-31

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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-11-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-01

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-09-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-12-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2019-12-03