SOUTHSIDE LETTINGS (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC286509 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

24 officers (5 active, 24 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £12,306

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£12.3k
Average employees	400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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MCNEIL, Betty resigned
director
2024-12-19
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2024-09-12
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MCINTYRE, Margaret Gilchrist resigned
director
2024-09-12
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MCNEIL, Betty appointed
director
2024-07-29
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officers · TM01
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2024-04-30
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2024-04-01
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DEVLIN, Alison appointed
director
2024-04-01
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MCLEVY, Pamela appointed
director
2024-04-01
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MONTEITH, Jenna Alison appointed
director
2024-04-01
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MCINTYRE, Margaret Gilchrist appointed
director
2024-03-31
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DYER, Iain resigned
director
2024-03-31
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ELY, Liz resigned
director
2024-03-13
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GILLIE, Lucinda Kathrine resigned
director
2024-01-26
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CAMPANARO, Elisa Roberta resigned
director
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-10-18
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2023-10-18
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officers · TM01
2023-10-06
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CHIREKA, Jonah resigned
director
2023-09-06
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ELY, Liz appointed
director
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
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2022-03-14
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2022-03-14
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officers · TM01
2022-03-10
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DYER, Iain appointed
director
2022-03-10
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MACNEILL, Elizabeth George Munro resigned
director
2022-03-09
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CHIREKA, Jonah appointed
director
2020-08-05
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STIBBS, Scott resigned
director
2019-09-26
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DAVIE, Michael Francis appointed
director
2019-09-26
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CAMPANARO, Elisa Roberta appointed
director
2019-09-26
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FERGUSON, Alan Bradford resigned
director
2019-09-26
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STIBBS, Scott appointed
director
2019-09-26
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WISEMAN, Carol Anne resigned
director
2019-09-26
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WISEMAN, Carole resigned
director
2017-12-13
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THOMSON, Robert Potts resigned
director
2017-10-11
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BISHOP, Gareth Marcus Owen resigned
director
2016-09-27
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MCCLUSKEY, Ruth appointed
director
2016-07-30
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WISEMAN, Carole appointed
director
2015-04-29
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BISHOP, Gareth Marcus Owen appointed
director
2015-04-29
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WISEMAN, Carol Anne appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Southside Housing Association Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Southside Housing Association Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SOUTHSIDE LETTINGS (SCOTLAND) LTD

This company · SC286509

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
Southside Housing Association Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-06-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Southside House

135 Fifty Pitches Road

Glasgow

G51 4EB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-06

Last: 2025-06-22

Officers (5 active · 19 resigned)

DAVIE, Michael Francis→

director · ~34y · appointed 2019-09-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DEVLIN, Alison→

director · ~40y · appointed 2024-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCCLUSKEY, Ruth→

director · ~76y · appointed 2016-09-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCLEVY, Pamela→

director · ~41y · appointed 2024-04-01

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Active

MONTEITH, Jenna Alison→

director · ~40y · appointed 2024-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCGRATH, Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2012-10-10

Resigned

BISHOP, Gareth Marcus Owen→

director · ~58y · appointed 2015-04-29 · resigned 2017-10-11

Resigned

CAMPANARO, Elisa Roberta→

director · ~74y · appointed 2019-09-26 · resigned 2024-01-26

Resigned

CHIREKA, Jonah→

director · ~52y · appointed 2022-03-09 · resigned 2023-10-06

Resigned

DYER, Iain→

director · ~88y · appointed 2022-03-10 · resigned 2024-03-31

Resigned

ELY, Liz→

director · ~40y · appointed 2023-09-06 · resigned 2024-03-31

Resigned

FERGUSON, Alan Bradford→

director · ~71y · appointed 2013-02-28 · resigned 2019-09-26

Resigned

GILLIE, Lucinda Kathrine→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-06-11 · resigned 2024-03-13

Resigned

IQBAL, Mohammed Naveed→

director · ~72y · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2007-03-27

Resigned

MACNEILL, Elizabeth George Munro→

director · ~82y · appointed 2013-02-28 · resigned 2022-03-10

Resigned

MCGRATH, Patrick→

director · ~65y · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2012-10-10

Resigned

MCINTYRE, Margaret Gilchrist→

director · ~80y · appointed 2024-04-01 · resigned 2024-09-12

Resigned

MCNEIL, Betty→

director · ~82y · appointed 2024-09-12 · resigned 2025-09-12

Resigned

RAWCLIFFE, Susan Ann→

director · ~69y · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2014-08-27

Resigned

STIBBS, Scott→

director · ~46y · appointed 2019-09-26 · resigned 2020-08-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

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officers · TM01

2025-10-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-19

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officers · AP01

2024-12-17

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2024-12-17

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2024-12-17

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officers · TM01

2024-12-16

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officers · AP01

2024-12-16

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officers · TM01

2024-12-16

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officers · TM01

2024-12-16

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2024-07-29

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officers · TM01

2024-07-29

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officers · TM01

2024-07-29