WARDSIDE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC213967 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.5 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-11
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-11
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-07-31
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    BURT, David Mcnair appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-07-31
    ➕
    BURT, Marjorie Beatrice appointed
    director
  19. 2003-07-31
    ➖
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-12-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2001-12-11
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    BURT, David Mcnair appointed
    director
  22. 2001-12-11
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    WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-12-13
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    Company incorporated
    As WARDSIDE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  24. 2000-12-13
    ➕
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-12-13
    ➕
    WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 David Mcnair Burt
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Marjorie Beatrice Burt
Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

David Higgins & Co Ca West Renfrew House
26 Brougham Street
Greenock
Inverclyde
PA16 8AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURT, David Mcnair→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-31
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Active
BURT, David Mcnair→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-12-11
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Active
BURT, Marjorie Beatrice→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-07-31
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Active
WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-13 · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned
WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-13 · resigned 2001-12-11
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 Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property12/12/2001—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02