WESTER RESTENNETH COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC219081 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-11

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£331.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68100Buying and selling of own real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (9 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £331,115

Cash YoY

+275%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↑ 275% YoY

Net Worth

£331k

↑ 1.0% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Cash	£5.1k	£1.4k
Net assets	£331.1k	£327.8k

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

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4 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2012-02-06
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LUCKHURST, Jane Marie appointed
secretary
2012-02-06
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MILNE, John David appointed
director
2012-02-06
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MILLER, Kim James Bryson resigned
secretary
2010-07-04
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MCFARLANE, Judy Hill resigned
director
2003-01-07
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MILLER, Kim James Bryson appointed
secretary
2002-08-30
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MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-17
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HARPER, Richard George appointed
director
2001-08-17
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JOHNSTON, James appointed
director
2001-08-17
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KERMACK, Lewis appointed
director
2001-08-17
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MCFARLANE, Graham James appointed
director
2001-08-17
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TITTERINGTON, John Kenneth appointed
director
2001-08-17
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TITTERINGTON, Margaret Caroline appointed
director
2001-08-17
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WALLACE, Iain Stuart appointed
director
2001-08-17
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
nominee-director
2001-08-17
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MCFARLANE, Judy Hill appointed
director
2001-05-11
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Company incorporated
As WESTER RESTENNETH COMPANY LIMITED
2001-05-11
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MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-05-11
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-05-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

1 Rathmell Gardens

Gowanbank

Forfar

DD8 2US

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-25

Last: 2025-05-11