WEB FORESTRY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC643819 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-07
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.
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02400SIC 02400
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: 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
22 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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-30
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-09-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As WEB FORESTRY LTD
  16. 2019-10-07
    ➕
    BURFITT, Ellen appointed
    director
  17. 2019-10-07
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    BURFITT, William George appointed
    director
  18. 2019-10-07
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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 7 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ellen Burfitt
Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting07/10/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William George Burfittceased 29/04/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2019-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Leywood
6 Marchhill Drive
Dumfries
DG1 1PP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last: 2026-06-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURFITT, Ellen→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-10-07
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Active
BURFITT, William George→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-10-07
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22