REDWOOD (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC106036 · ltd · incorporated 1987-08-11

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

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

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 30.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	800

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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2025-09-17
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accounts · AA
2025-05-22
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accounts · AA01
2025-02-28
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accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-02-28
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accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts · AA
2017-05-17
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address · AD01
2017-04-11
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address · AD01
2008-04-16
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WEDDERSPOON, William resigned
director
2003-06-19
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ANDERSON, Adam C resigned
director
1995-10-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1987-08-11
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Company incorporated
As REDWOOD (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Janice Buchan Wedderspoon Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	31/10/2021
Mr Michael John David Mclaughlin Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 08/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr William Wedderspoonceased 31/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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BEAR SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC206139 · est 2000	£13.00M £9.29M–£16.72M	—	—	—	26y	83	65y
G.S. BROWN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC047574 · est 1970	£3.14M £2.24M–£4.03M	—	—	46	56y	84	83y
A. PROCTOR GROUP LIMITED→ SC105054 · est 1987	£1.97M £1.40M–£2.53M	—	—	102	39y	87	60y
BALHOUSIE GLAZING LIMITED→ SC148115 · est 1993	—	—	£216.9k	—	32y	83	70y
ALGO (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED→ SC166057 · est 1996	—	—	£5.05M	—	30y	82	85y
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GRM INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ SC346383 · est 2008	—	—	£31.7k	—	17y	82	65y
J. F. HALLEY & SON LIMITED→ SC282324 · est 2005	—	—	—	4	21y	82	66y
JAMES MOFFAT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC333711 · est 2007	—	—	£127.4k	—	18y	82	61y
LANDSTOCK HIGHLAND LIMITED→ SC154534 · est 1994	—	—	—	—	31y	82	84y

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1987-08-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Redwood

Kinfauns

Perth

Perthshire

PH2 7JZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Michael John David→

secretary

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Active

MCLAUGHLIN, Michael John David→

director · ~77y

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Active

ANDERSON, Adam C→

director · ~93y · resigned 2003-06-19

Resigned

WEDDERSPOON, William→

director · ~79y · resigned 2008-04-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	17/10/1995	—

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Recent filings (97 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-11-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-13