WELL DECOM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC531585 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-01-14
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-01-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-13
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JEWELL, Stephen appointed
secretary
2023-01-13
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SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-01-06
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-12-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-09-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-09
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GREAVES, Peter John resigned
director
2019-09-09
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JOHNSTON, Graeme resigned
director
2016-06-10
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GREAVES, Peter John appointed
director
2016-06-10
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JOHNSTON, Graeme appointed
director
2016-04-04
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Company incorporated
As WELL DECOM LIMITED
2016-04-04
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JEWELL, Stephen appointed
director
2016-04-04
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SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Jewell Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	10/04/2017

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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8 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

Incorporated2016-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

216 Queens Road

Aberdeen

AB15 8DJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-05

Last: 2025-04-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JEWELL, Stephen→

secretary · appointed 2023-01-13

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Active

JEWELL, Stephen→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-04-04

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Active

SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-04-04 · resigned 2023-01-13

Resigned

GREAVES, Peter John→

director · ~64y · appointed 2016-06-10 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

JOHNSTON, Graeme→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-06-10 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-11-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-01-03

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AAMD

2023-11-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-24

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-01-14

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-01-14

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

address · AD01

2023-01-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-13

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH04

2022-05-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-21

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH04

2022-01-06

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

address · AD01

2021-12-06