WATERSIDE COMMUNITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC277629 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-12-20

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (7 active, 20 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	700	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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2025-12-29
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officers · TM02
2025-08-25
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accounts · AA
2025-07-15
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officers · AP01
2025-07-14
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GAULDIE, Becca appointed
director
2025-01-07
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officers · TM01
2024-12-13
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GAULDIE, Enid Elizabeth resigned
director
2024-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-26
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CLEMENTS, Hollie Alice appointed
director
2024-02-01
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RODGER, Gordon James resigned
director
2023-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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officers · TM01
2022-04-01
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NORTHRIDGE, Hannah Jean resigned
director
2022-04-01
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officers · TM01
2022-02-04
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HANDLEY-RAVEN, Linda Lea, Dr resigned
director
2021-12-06
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officers · AP01
2021-11-06
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MCCOLLAM, Connor appointed
director
2021-09-17
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officers · AP01
2021-09-17
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officers · AP01
2021-09-14
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HANDLEY-RAVEN, Linda Lea, Dr appointed
director
2021-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-27
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MULLEN, William appointed
director
2021-08-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-18
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ROSS, Moira resigned
director
2021-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
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STEWART, Helen Elizabeth resigned
director
2020-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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RODGER, Gordon James appointed
director
2019-09-26
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FLETCHER, Sarah Hazel resigned
director
2019-06-10
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NORTHRIDGE, Hannah Jean appointed
director
2018-12-02
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RENWICK, Mairi Raonailt resigned
director
2017-01-17
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FLETCHER, Sarah Hazel appointed
director
2017-01-17
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FLETCHER, Sarah Hazel resigned
director
2011-08-22
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MCLAFFERTY, David resigned
director
2008-02-29
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RAVEN, John Albert, Professor resigned
director
2007-03-04
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HANDLEY-RAVEN, Linda Lea, Dr. resigned
director
2007-03-04
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RAVEN, John Albert, Professor appointed
director
2004-12-20
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Company incorporated
As WATERSIDE COMMUNITY LIMITED
2004-12-20
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BRUCE, Lorna appointed
director
2004-12-20
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COHEN, Philip, Prof Sir appointed
director
2004-12-20
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MCPATE, Paul appointed
director
2004-12-20
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-12-20
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FLETCHER, Sarah Hazel appointed
director
2004-12-20
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GAULDIE, Enid Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-12-20
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HANDLEY-RAVEN, Linda Lea, Dr. appointed
director
2004-12-20
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MCLAFFERTY, David appointed
director
2004-12-20
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RENWICK, Mairi Raonailt appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2004-12-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20