WHYTES COACHES LIMITED

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SC333425 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-05

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 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£134.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Likely operating a coach and passenger transport business in the Aberdeen area of Scotland, providing scheduled or chartered bus and coach services for passengers, as suggested by the SIC code covering other passenger land transport not elsewhere classified.

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.2y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £134,175

Cash YoY

+12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£927

↑ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£134k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Assets

£313k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£337.1k	£201.7k
Current assets	£313.4k	£243.4k
Cash	£927	£827
Debtors	£305.4k	£238.3k
Net assets	£134.2k	£106.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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accounts · AA
2025-01-08
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accounts · AA
2024-01-08
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accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
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accounts · AA
2020-01-17
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accounts · AA
2019-09-02
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officers · TM01
2019-08-29
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URQUHART, Andrew resigned
director
2018-10-11
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accounts · AA
2017-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-10
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mortgage · MR04
2017-06-10
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mortgage · MR04
2017-06-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-06-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-04-11
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mortgage · MR01
2017-04-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-09-16
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accounts · AA
2016-04-08
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officers · TM01
2016-04-05
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CAMPBELL, David Andrew appointed
director
2016-04-05
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CARRISON, Jason appointed
director
2016-04-05
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URQUHART, Andrew appointed
director
2016-04-05
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WHYTE, Steven William resigned
director
2011-11-01
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MATHIESON, Sheila Margaret resigned
secretary
2008-05-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-02-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-11-05
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Company incorporated
As WHYTES COACHES LIMITED
2007-11-05
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MATHIESON, Sheila Margaret appointed
secretary
2007-11-05
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HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-05
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HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-11-05
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WHYTE, Steven William appointed
director
2007-11-05
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HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-11-05
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HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Wccu Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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WHYTES COACHES LIMITED

This company · SC333425

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
Wccu Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 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

Incorporated2007-11-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Whytes Coaches Scotstown Road

Newmachar

Aberdeen

AB21 7PP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CAMPBELL, David Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-04-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CARRISON, Jason→

director · ~50y · appointed 2016-04-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MATHIESON, Sheila Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2011-11-01

Resigned

HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2007-11-05

Resigned

URQUHART, Andrew→

director · ~42y · appointed 2016-04-05 · resigned 2019-08-29

Resigned

WHYTE, Steven William→

director · ~48y · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2016-04-05

Resigned

HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2007-11-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	06/04/2017	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	21/05/2008	10/06/2017
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	22/02/2008	10/06/2017

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Recent filings (58 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-01-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-05

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

accounts · AA

2025-01-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-05

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

accounts · AA

2024-01-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-06

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

accounts · AA

2022-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-07

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

accounts · AA

2022-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-09

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

accounts · AA

2020-11-06

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

accounts · AA

2020-01-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-05

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

officers · TM01

2019-09-02