WILLOWVALE RENTALS LIMITED

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SC565921 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-15
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£111.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £111,093
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,426 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£111k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↑ 67% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£50k£75k£100k£125kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£163.4k£164.0k
Current assets£32.3k£19.4k
Net assets£111.1k£124.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-02
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  2. 2024-11-01
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  3. 2024-04-02
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  4. 2023-11-20
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  5. 2023-11-09
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  6. 2022-11-07
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  7. 2022-10-06
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  8. 2021-11-03
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  9. 2021-10-05
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  10. 2021-01-02
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  11. 2020-10-22
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  12. 2020-10-22
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  13. 2020-10-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2020-01-09
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  15. 2019-01-06
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  16. 2018-02-21
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  17. 2017-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As WILLOWVALE RENTALS LIMITED
  18. 2017-05-15
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    WATSON, Jennifer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mrs Jennifer Watson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/10/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Neil Watsonceased 20/11/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2017-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Willowvale
Tradespark Road
Nairn
Nairnshire
IV12 5NF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WATSON, Jennifer→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-05-15
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14