WHITESIDE BUILDERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC066372 · ltd · incorporated 1978-11-13
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 40.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 40.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.5 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: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees15001600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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  2. 2025-11-12
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  4. 2025-10-23
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  6. 2024-08-15
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  7. 2023-09-28
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  8. 2022-09-27
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  9. 2021-11-23
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  10. 2020-11-12
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  11. 2019-09-09
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  12. 2018-09-27
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  13. 2017-09-23
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  14. 2016-09-05
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  15. 2015-11-25
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  16. 2005-10-24
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    MAGUIRE, John resigned
    director
  17. 2001-01-01
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    MAGUIRE, Ian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Ian appointed
    director
  19. 2000-12-31
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    MONCUR, James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Agnes resigned
    director
  21. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
    director
  22. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2000-12-31
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    MONCUR, Agnes O'Connor resigned
    director
  24. 2000-12-31
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    MONCUR, James resigned
    director
  25. 1999-10-21
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    MAGUIRE, Ewan appointed
    director
  26. 1992-08-18
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    MAGUIRE, Agnes appointed
    director
  27. 1992-08-18
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    MAGUIRE, Mary appointed
    director
  28. 1992-08-18
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    MONCUR, Agnes O'Connor appointed
    director
  29. 1985-11-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  30. 1978-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITESIDE BUILDERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ewan Maguire
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2016
Mr Ian Maguire
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1978-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Whiteside
Birniehill
Whitburn Road
Bathgate West Lothian
EH48 2HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

MAGUIRE, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
MAGUIRE, Ewan→
director · ~53y · appointed 1999-10-21
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Active
MAGUIRE, Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-12-31
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Active
MONCUR, James→
secretary · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Agnes→
director · ~84y · appointed 1992-08-18 · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, John→
director · ~91y · resigned 2005-10-24
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Mary→
director · ~88y · appointed 1992-08-18 · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Peter→
director · ~84y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MONCUR, Agnes O'Connor→
director · ~89y · appointed 1992-08-18 · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MONCUR, James→
director · ~91y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property22/11/1985—
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Recent filings (105 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
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2023-11-16
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2023-09-28
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2022-11-23
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2022-09-27
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2021-11-23
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