WD CATERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC577581 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-29
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees600600

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

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 (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    DAVIES, Victoria Louise appointed
    director
  11. 2019-01-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-01-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2018-11-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-10-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2017-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As WD CATERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  16. 2017-09-29
    ➕
    DAVIES, William appointed
    director
  17. 2017-09-29
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Victoria Louise Davies
Individual · British · DOB 02/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/07/2024
Mr William Davies
Individual · British · DOB 02/2018 · age 8
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Daviesceased 01/09/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2017-09-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Spiersbridge Business Park 1 Spiersbridge Way
Thornliebank
Glasgow
G46 8NG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Victoria Louise→
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-01-31
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Active
DAVIES, William→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-09-29
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-30