WAVERLEY EXCURSIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC070945 · ltd · incorporated 1980-03-19

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£3.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50100

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

56 officers (9 active, 56 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

199 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,455

Cash YoY

-26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£616k

↓ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£725k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£3.5k	£3.5k
Current assets	£724.7k	£927.6k
Cash	£616.4k	£834.1k
Debtors	£32.6k	£43.7k
Net assets	£3.5k	£3.5k

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

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (114 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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officers · AP01
2026-03-03
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TOMLINSON, William appointed
director
2025-07-08
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accounts · AA
2024-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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officers · AP01
2024-05-08
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CRAIG, Gordon Hemphill appointed
director
2023-12-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-24
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JOHNSON, Scott Marshall appointed
director
2020-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-09
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MARSHALL, Cameron Graham resigned
director
2020-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-09-05
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officers · AP01
2019-09-03
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THOMPSON, Robert Joseph appointed
director
2019-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-03
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PETERS, Derek Neil Irving appointed
director
2019-01-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-14
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SHANKLAND, Ian Graham resigned
director
2019-01-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-12-19
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DOCHERTY, Deryk John appointed
secretary
2018-12-19
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SEMPLE, Paul William appointed
director
2018-12-13
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EMERY, Victor Reginald resigned
director
2018-12-13
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MEGORAN, John Hugh resigned
director
2018-12-13
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SINCLAIR, William Lawrie resigned
director
2018-12-13
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TAYLOR, George Alister resigned
director
2018-12-05
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O'NEILL, Kathleen resigned
secretary
2018-12-05
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O'NEILL, Kathleen Mary resigned
director
2017-09-21
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EMERY, Victor Reginald appointed
director
2017-09-12
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KELLS, David William resigned
director
2014-12-11
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MARSHALL, Cameron Graham appointed
director
2014-09-30
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JAMES, Nicolas John resigned
director
2014-07-22
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MCMILLAN, James Stewart resigned
director
2014-06-19
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PATERSON, Joseph Murray appointed
director
2014-06-19
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JAMES, Nicolas John appointed
director
2014-06-12
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KEMP, Noel Anthony resigned
director
2014-04-17
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MEGORAN, John Hugh appointed
director
2014-02-17
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SYLVESTER, John Terrence resigned
director
2013-12-13
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TAYLOR, George Alister appointed
director
2013-12-12
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STEWART, Allan ---, Mr. resigned
director
2013-08-22
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DOCHERTY, Deryk John appointed
director
2013-04-18
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O'NEILL, Kathleen Mary appointed
director
2013-04-18
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SYLVESTER, John Terrence appointed
director
2013-03-07
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KEMP, Noel Anthony appointed
director
2013-03-07
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SHANKLAND, Ian Graham appointed
director
2013-02-20
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ALLEN, Myra Helen Frances resigned
director
2013-02-20
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LONGHURST, Martin Richard resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 114 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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.)

Group structure

Waverley Steam Navigation Co Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Waverley Steam Navigation Co Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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WAVERLEY EXCURSIONS LIMITED

This company · SC070945

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Waverley Steam Navigation Co Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	board control75-100% shares · board control · firm interest	07/01/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Kathleen Mary O'Neillceased 05/01/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated1980-03-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC50100 — SIC 50100

Registered office

Waverley Terminal

36 Lancefield Quay

Glasgow

G3 8HA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12