R. & W. WHITTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC027167 · ltd · incorporated 1949-07-12

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 28.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-01-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-24
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accounts · AA
2025-01-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-02-07
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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SHAW, Dorothy Anne resigned
secretary
2022-11-30
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officers · TM02
2022-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-03
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MUIR, Thomas appointed
director
2016-08-03
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ABL (TRUSTEES & NOMINEES) LTD appointed
corporate-director
2009-11-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-03-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1997-07-23
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MUIR, Catherine Isobel appointed
director
1997-07-23
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SHAW, Dorothy Anne appointed
director
1997-07-23
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SHAW, Dorothy Anne appointed
secretary
1997-07-23
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SHAW, Isobel Mary resigned
secretary
1997-07-23
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SHAW, Isobel Mary resigned
director
1997-05-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1949-07-12
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Company incorporated
As R. & W. WHITTON LIMITED

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 77 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Catherine Isobel Muir Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1949-07-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Ingliston

Eassie

Angus

DD8 1SP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31