MH WWS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC569218 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-20
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-544.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed dormant / non-trading — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (82/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
26 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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £544,917
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£545k
↓ 2270388% YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£545k-£436k-£327k-£218k-£109k£1Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-544.9k£-24
Current assets£1£1
Cash£1£1
Net assets£-544.9k£-24

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2019-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-06-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-05-01
    CARLYLE, Nicola Kate resigned
    director
  17. 2017-08-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2017-08-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As MH WWS LIMITED
  20. 2017-06-20
    WALKER, Christopher John appointed
    director
  21. 2017-06-20
    CARLYLE, Nicola Kate appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 62 — approaching natural succession window.

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 62. 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.)

Group structure

Wws Partners Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Wws Partners Llp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
MH WWS LIMITED
This company · SC569218

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wws Partners Llp
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2019
Mr Christopher John Walker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/06/2017

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
Incorporated2017-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

3rd Floor, Maxim 10
Parklands Avenue
Motherwell
ML1 4WQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WALKER, Christopher John
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-06-20
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Active
CARLYLE, Nicola Kate
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-06-20 · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19