WORDIE & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC220615 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-26
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-13
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    CHARTERS, Andrew David appointed
    secretary
  6. 2022-10-13
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    HORTON, Kenneth James resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-10-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2022-10-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2001-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As WORDIE & CO. LIMITED
  20. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    WORDIE, Alan John Kynoch appointed
    director
  21. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    WORDIE, Charles Jeffrey appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    WORDIE, William Ellis appointed
    director
  23. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    HORTON, Kenneth James appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WORDIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Jeffrey Wordie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alan John Kynoch Wordie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr William Ellis Wordie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

208 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CHARTERS, Andrew David→
secretary · appointed 2022-10-13
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Active
WORDIE, Alan John Kynoch→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-06-26
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Active
WORDIE, Charles Jeffrey→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WORDIE, William Ellis→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORTON, Kenneth James→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2022-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-04