DAVID BAIRD (WHITEMOSS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC029027 · ltd · incorporated 1952-08-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 34.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-27📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2020-12-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-08📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-12-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30➖KAY, Jean Mcmorran Thomson resignedsecretary
- 2020-09-30➖KAY, Jean Mcmorran Thomson resigneddirector
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-04-06➕KAY, David Andrew appointeddirector
- 2018-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1992-01-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1952-08-09🏢Company incorporatedAs DAVID BAIRD (WHITEMOSS) LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 74 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Kay Individual · British · DOB 10/1932 · age 94 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Jean Mcmorran Thomson Kayceased 30/09/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1952-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Farmhouse, Whitemoss Farm
Bishopton
Renfrewshire
PA7 5NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
KAY, David Andrew→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2018-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAY, Jean Mcmorran Thomson→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-09-30
KAY, Jean Mcmorran Thomson→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2020-09-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 09/01/1992 | — |
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Recent filings (100 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-08