WAYMURR LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC760349 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-27
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£1.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46730SIC 46730
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,151,818
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,447 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£172
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£133k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£232k£464k£696k£927k£1.2mOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£1.15M£1.16M
Current assets£132.6k£161.8k
Cash£172£879
Debtors£132.4k£160.9k
Net assets£1.15M£1.16M

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

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3 signals 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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WAYMURR LIMITED
  6. 2023-02-27
    LAWSON, Alison appointed
    director
  7. 2023-02-27
    LAWSON, John Smith appointed
    director
  8. 2023-02-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

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 John Smith Lawson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2023
Mrs Alison Lawson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2023

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
Incorporated2023-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46610 — SIC 46610

Registered office

Brodies House
31-33 Union Grove
Aberdeen
AB10 6SD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAWSON, Alison
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-02-27
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Active
LAWSON, John Smith
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-02-27
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-27