THE WEL WORLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC517360 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-07
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
25 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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-£9k-£7k-£4k-£2k£170£2kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£-8.8k
Current assets—£2.4k
Net assets—£-8.8k
Average employees0—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2015-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As THE WEL WORLD LIMITED
  16. 2015-10-07
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    MCCOLGAN, Paul Joseph Matthew appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-07
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    REILLY, David Paul, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2015-10-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 71 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr David Paul Reilly
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Joseph Matthew Mccolgan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
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
Incorporated2015-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

The Granary Home Farm
Kinloss
Forres
Moray
IV36 3TL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCOLGAN, Paul Joseph Matthew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-10-07
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Active
REILLY, David Paul, Dr→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-10-07
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12