WYVIS PLANT LIMITED
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 (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £817.4k | £718.1k |
| Current assets | £484.7k | £414.2k |
| Cash | £321.0k | £270.6k |
| Debtors | £163.2k | £141.4k |
| Net assets | £727.3k | £647.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-22➕STEWART, Alan Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2019-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-14🏢Company incorporatedAs WYVIS PLANT LIMITED
- 2017-09-14➕STEWART, David Alan appointeddirector
- 2017-09-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Alan Stewart Individual · British · DOB 10/1992 · age 34 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 14/09/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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