NWL CO. DEVELOPMENTS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC701027 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-11.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
24 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,373

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£11k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£115
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k-£9k-£7k-£4k-£2k£765Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-11.4k—
Current assets£115—
Cash—£765
Debtors£115—
Net assets£-11.4k£-7.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-06-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-04-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-04-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-04-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-04-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-04-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-04-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-04-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2024-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2024-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2024-04-16
    ➕
    NEWALL, John Mark Nicholas appointed
    director
  18. 2024-04-16
    ➕
    NEWALL, Sam Alexander Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2024-04-16
    ➖
    MACEACHERN, Euan Duncan resigned
    director
  20. 2024-04-16
    ➖
    MACEACHERN, Fiona Anne resigned
    director
  21. 2024-04-16
    ➖
    WOTHERSPOON, George resigned
    director
  22. 2024-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2024-01-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  24. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As NWL CO. DEVELOPMENTS LTD
  26. 2021-06-08
    ➕
    MACEACHERN, Euan Duncan appointed
    director
  27. 2021-06-08
    ➕
    MACEACHERN, Fiona Anne appointed
    director
  28. 2021-06-08
    ➕
    WOTHERSPOON, George appointed
    director
  29. 2021-06-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — NEWALL, Sam Alexander Mark (same surname) appointed 2024-04-16. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-06-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Mark Nicholas Newall
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/04/2024
Mr Sam Alexander Mark Newall
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/04/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr George Wotherspoonceased 16/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Fiona Anne Maceachernceased 16/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Euan Duncan Maceachernceased 16/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Second Floor Airbles House
270 Airbles Road
Motherwell
ML1 3AT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

NEWALL, John Mark Nicholas→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWALL, Sam Alexander Mark→
director · ~35y · appointed 2024-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACEACHERN, Euan Duncan→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-06-08 · resigned 2024-04-16
Resigned
MACEACHERN, Fiona Anne→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-06-08 · resigned 2024-04-16
Resigned
WOTHERSPOON, George→
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-06-08 · resigned 2024-04-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-18