WEST CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC358432 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.33M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02200SIC 02200
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.8 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: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,333,024

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 54% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£310k£620k£929k£1.2m£1.5mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.44M£971.9k
Current assets£1.55M£960.9k
Net assets£1.33M£862.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2023-11-15
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  4. 2022-12-28
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  5. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-01-31
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  7. 2021-07-07
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    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2020-01-31
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  12. 2019-01-31
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  13. 2018-01-17
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  14. 2017-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2009-08-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2009-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As WEST CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2009-04-21
    ➕
    MACCASKILL, Mary Margaret Ross appointed
    director
  18. 2009-04-21
    ➕
    MACCASKILL, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mrs Mary Margaret Ross Macaskill
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
—25–50%25-50% voting22/04/2016
Mr William Macaskill
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Peinmore
Portree
Isle Of Skye
IV51 9LG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACCASKILL, Mary Margaret Ross→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-21
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Active
MACCASKILL, William→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-21
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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
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property05/08/2009—
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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04