WEST LOTHIAN ENTERPRISE LIMITED

⚰️Wound downdissolved

SC083487 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1983-06-14

Investment thesis

Company dissolved — not a live target.

Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.

Why risky: Not transactable.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

61/100

Worth a look

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

34 officers (4 active, 34 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

149 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

61/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2020-09-22
📄
gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2020-09-22
🏁
Company dissolved
2020-02-11
📄
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2020-02-04
📄
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2019-12-20
📄
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-01-11
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-11-29
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-11-29
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-11-29
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-11-29
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-11-29
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-11-29
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-06-07
➕
FITZPATRICK, Lawrence appointed
director
2017-06-07
➕
HORNE, Christopher Michael appointed
director
2017-06-07
➕
TAIT, David appointed
director
2017-05-03
➖
DIXON, Jim resigned
director
2017-05-03
➖
MCGINTY, John resigned
director
2017-05-03
➖
ROBERTSON, Barry resigned
director
2017-01-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-05
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2014-12-19
📄
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2014-12-04
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2014-03-18
📄
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name
officers · AP03
2014-03-18
📄
termination-secretary-company-with-name
officers · TM02
2014-02-14
➕
WHITELAW, Julie appointed
secretary
2014-02-14
➖
STRUTHERS, Graeme resigned
secretary
2013-12-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2012-05-03
➖
FIELD, Steve resigned
secretary
2012-05-03
➕
STRUTHERS, Graeme appointed
secretary
2012-05-03
➖
BOYLE, William Hannah, Councillor resigned
director
2012-05-03
➖
DICKSON, James resigned
director
2012-05-03
➕
DIXON, Jim appointed
director
2012-05-03
➖
DUNN, William Andrew resigned
director
2012-05-03
➕
MCGINTY, John appointed
director
2012-05-03
➕
ROBERTSON, Barry appointed
director
2011-01-25
➕
FIELD, Steve appointed
secretary
2011-01-25
➖
SHAW, Alistair resigned
secretary
2007-05-10
➕
BOYLE, William Hannah, Councillor appointed
director
2007-05-10
➕
DICKSON, James appointed
director
2007-05-10
➖
WALKER, James resigned
director
2007-05-02
➖
THOMAS, Joseph Healey resigned
director
2007-01-08
➕
DUNN, William Andrew appointed
director
2007-01-08
➖
MALCOLM, Edward Anderson resigned
director
2007-01-08
➕
WALKER, James appointed
director
1998-11-11
➖
KINDER, Anthony Kenneth resigned
director
1998-11-01
➖
BRUCE, James resigned
secretary
1998-10-30
➕
SHAW, Alistair appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

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 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·

Company dissolved

high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2020-09-22

Group structure

West Lothian Council holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

West Lothian Council

Corporate parent · board control

⬇

WEST LOTHIAN ENTERPRISE LIMITED

This company · SC083487

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
West Lothian Council Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control	10/11/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · EH postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ELGIN INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED→ SC366432 · est 2009	£50.96M £38.22M–£63.70M	—	—	0	16y	94	64y
STIRLING GATEWAY LIMITED→ SC291034 · est 2005	£5.98M £4.49M–£7.48M	—	—	0	20y	88	70y
UNITED CAPITAL GROUP LTD→ SC550711 · est 2016	£5.96M £4.47M–£7.45M	—	—	297	9y	84	83y
ELGIN EDUCATION (ABERDEENSHIRE 2) LIMITED→ SC259895 · est 2003	£5.44M £4.08M–£6.80M	—	—	0	22y	84	64y
PPP SERVICES (NORTH AYRSHIRE) LIMITED→ SC294870 · est 2005	£5.04M £3.78M–£6.30M	—	—	0	20y	87	60y
DISCOVERY EDUCATION PLC→ SC313681 · est 2006	£4.97M £3.73M–£6.22M	—	—	0	19y	90	61y
ABC SCHOOLS LIMITED→ SC281989 · est 2005	£4.71M £3.53M–£5.89M	—	—	0	21y	84	71y
PPP SERVICES (NORTH AYRSHIRE) HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC294861 · est 2005	£4.61M £3.46M–£5.76M	—	—	0	20y	87	60y
GLASGOW HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ SC290718 · est 2005	£4.00M £3.00M–£5.00M	—	—	0	20y	84	63y
DSF HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC239681 · est 2002	£3.91M £2.93M–£4.89M	—	—	7	23y	87	61y
LOCHGILPHEAD HEALTHCARE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC240996 · est 2002	£3.83M £2.88M–£4.79M	—	—	0	23y	84	60y
FCC (EAST AYRSHIRE) LIMITED→ SC300469 · est 2006	£3.70M £2.78M–£4.63M	—	—	0	20y	87	60y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusdissolved

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1983-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

West Lothian Civic Centre Legal Services, West Lothian Council

Howden South Road

Livingston

West Lothian

EH54 6FF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: 2018-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: —

Last: —

Officers (0 active · 30 resigned)

WHITELAW, Julie→

secretary · appointed 2014-02-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FITZPATRICK, Lawrence→

director · ~77y · appointed 2017-06-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HORNE, Christopher Michael→

director · ~52y · appointed 2017-06-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TAIT, David→

director · ~78y · appointed 2017-06-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRUCE, James→

secretary · appointed 1994-03-03 · resigned 1998-11-01

Resigned

FIELD, Steve→

secretary · appointed 2011-01-25 · resigned 2012-05-03

Resigned

MAIRS, Robert→

secretary · resigned 1994-03-03

Resigned

SHAW, Alistair→

secretary · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 2011-01-25

Resigned

STRUTHERS, Graeme→

secretary · appointed 2012-05-03 · resigned 2014-02-14

Resigned

ANDERSON, Donald Craig→

director · ~64y · resigned 1994-07-21

Resigned

BONNAR, Desmond Michael, Doctor→

director · ~79y · resigned 1991-11-22

Resigned

BOYLE, William Hannah, Councillor→

director · ~71y · appointed 2007-05-10 · resigned 2012-05-03

Resigned

CUMMING, Joseph→

director · ~99y · resigned 1992-06-09

Resigned

DICKSON, James→

director · ~78y · appointed 2007-05-10 · resigned 2012-05-03

Resigned

DIXON, Jim→

director · ~80y · appointed 2012-05-03 · resigned 2017-05-03

Resigned

DUNN, William Andrew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-01-08 · resigned 2012-05-03

Resigned

ELLIOTT, Dorothy Francis Elizabeth→

director · ~76y · resigned 1991-11-22

Resigned

EVANS, Kenneth Morison→

director · resigned 1991-11-22

Resigned

JOHNS, Brian Geoffrey→

director · ~83y · appointed 1990-12-05 · resigned 1991-09-18

Resigned

KINDER, Anthony Kenneth→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-01-21 · resigned 1998-11-11

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (149 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary

gazette · GAZ2(A)

2020-09-22

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2020-02-11

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2020-02-04

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2019-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-20

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

accounts · AA

2019-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2018-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2018-01-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2017-11-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2017-11-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2017-11-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2017-11-29

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

officers · TM01

2017-11-29

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

officers · TM01

2017-11-29

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

officers · TM01

2017-11-29