MEL WWS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC573258 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-09
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-460.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £460,475
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£460k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-460.5k | £-460.5k |
| Current assets | £2 | £2 |
| Cash | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £-460.5k | £-460.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2017-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2017-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2017-08-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-08-09🏢Company incorporatedAs MEL WWS LIMITED
- 2017-08-09➕REICH, Ilan appointeddirector
- 2017-08-09➕WALKER, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2017-08-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Wws Development Llp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️majority
Muirhall Energy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
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MEL WWS LIMITED
This company · SC573258
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Muirhall Energy Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 09/08/2017 |
Wws Development Llp Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/08/2017 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
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: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
WALKER, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2017-08-09
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-28