THE WALLPAPER COMPANY LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC818601 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-06
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
4 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2
Current Assets
£2
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£2
Current assets£2
Net assets£2

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-08-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE WALLPAPER COMPANY LIMITED
  4. 2024-08-06
    HAMILL, Charles Andrew appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-06
    HAMILL, Jeanette appointed
    director
  6. 2024-08-06
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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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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
Mrs Jeanette Hamill
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/08/2024
Mr Charles Andrew Hamill
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/08/2024

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
Incorporated2024-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

18 Burnet Crescent
Pencaitland
Tranent
EH34 5BZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAMILL, Charles Andrew
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-08-06
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Active
HAMILL, Jeanette
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-08-06
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-06