ISLE OF WHITHORN LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC055894 · ltd · incorporated 1974-06-24

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

66 officers (4 active, 66 linked, 47 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

207 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (142 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-22
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officers · AP03
2022-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-17
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READ, Andrew appointed
secretary
2022-04-17
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ROBERTS, Morag Isobel Patricia resigned
secretary
2022-04-17
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ROBERTS, Morag Isobel Patricia resigned
director
2022-04-17
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SNEDDON, Muriel resigned
director
2021-09-08
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officers · AP01
2021-09-08
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officers · AP01
2021-08-29
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EDWARDS, Diana Pauline Ursula appointed
director
2021-08-29
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NORGATE, Kathryn appointed
director
2021-08-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-28
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WHEATLEY, David Edward resigned
director
2021-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-09-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-13
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COLLINS, Diane resigned
secretary
2020-09-13
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ROBERTS, Morag Isobel Patricia appointed
secretary
2020-09-13
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COLLINS, Diane resigned
director
2020-09-13
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HARRISON, Christopher Howard resigned
director
2020-04-12
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READ, Andrew James appointed
director
2020-04-12
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WHEATLEY, David Edward appointed
director
2018-07-27
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COLLINS, Diane appointed
secretary
2018-07-27
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PALFREYMAN, Alec resigned
secretary
2018-07-27
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HARRISON, Gillian Mary resigned
director
2018-07-27
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ROBERTS, Morag Isobel Patricia appointed
director
2018-07-27
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SNEDDON, Muriel appointed
director
2018-05-22
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PILLING, Gary Frederic Allan resigned
director
2015-04-05
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CASTLE, Victor Alan resigned
director
2015-04-05
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COLLINS, Diane appointed
director
2015-04-05
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HARRISON, Christopher Howard appointed
director
2015-04-05
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HARRISON, Gillian Mary appointed
director
2015-04-05
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PALFREYMAN, Alec resigned
director
2013-07-29
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PALFREYMAN, Alec appointed
secretary
2013-07-29
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PERROTT, Liz resigned
secretary
2013-07-29
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ALLISON, Heather Fiona resigned
director
2012-06-03
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CASTLE, Victor Alan appointed
director
2012-06-03
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PALFREYMAN, Alec appointed
director
2012-04-08
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GIBB, Kent Hildon, Dr resigned
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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mr Andrew James Read Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/04/2022

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Morag Isobel Patricia Robertsceased 17/04/2022· significant influence
Mr Christopher Howard Harrisonceased 13/09/2020· significant influence
Mr Gary Frederic Allan Pillingceased 22/05/2018· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1974-06-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

1 Dashwood Square

Newton Stewart

Wigtownshire

DG8 6EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (4 active · 62 resigned)

READ, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2022-04-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

EDWARDS, Diana Pauline Ursula→

director · ~79y · appointed 2021-08-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NORGATE, Kathryn→

director · ~72y · appointed 2021-08-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

READ, Andrew James→

director · ~65y · appointed 2020-04-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COLLINS, Diane→

secretary · appointed 2018-07-27 · resigned 2020-09-13

Resigned

COPLAND, Ian Alfred Muirhead→

secretary · appointed 1993-04-11 · resigned 1996-04-07

Resigned

COPLAND, Ian Alfred Muirhead→

secretary · appointed 1989-07-31 · resigned 1989-08-01

Resigned

CRONTE, Carl Alexander→

secretary · appointed 1992-04-19 · resigned 1993-04-11

Resigned

DURRELL, Edna Bullard→

secretary · appointed 1991-03-31 · resigned 1996-04-07

Resigned

MACINTYRE, Robert→

secretary · appointed 1998-12-21 · resigned 2003-04-12

Resigned

MARRIOTT, Olive→

secretary · resigned 1991-11-27

Resigned

MAXWELL, Rosemary→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2004-04-10

Resigned

MCLAY, William David Shanks, Dr→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-12 · resigned 1998-12-21

Resigned

PALFREYMAN, Alec→

secretary · appointed 2013-07-29 · resigned 2018-07-27

Resigned

PERROTT, Liz→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-08 · resigned 2013-07-29

Resigned

ROBERTS, Morag Isobel Patricia→

secretary · appointed 2020-09-13 · resigned 2022-04-17

Resigned

STAVELEY, Linda Joyce→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-11 · resigned 2007-04-08

Resigned

WHEELDON, Norah→

secretary · appointed 1996-04-07 · resigned 1998-04-02

Resigned

ALLISON, Heather Fiona→

director · ~91y · appointed 2011-04-24 · resigned 2013-07-29

Resigned

ALLISON, Heather Fiona→

director · ~91y · appointed 2004-04-11 · resigned 2005-03-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (207 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-08-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-28

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-04-22

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-04-22

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2022-04-22

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-04-22

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-04-22

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-04-22