AA WHYTE CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC365455 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-11

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£13.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £13,682

Cash YoY

+12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7k

↑ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£14k

↑ 43% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↑ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£13.7k	£9.6k
Current assets	£11.3k	£7.4k
Cash	£6.8k	£6.1k
Debtors	£4.6k	£1.3k
Net assets	£13.7k	£9.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-15
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2025-09-15
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officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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2022-06-30
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2021-05-24
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2020-04-29
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2019-07-22
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2018-06-25
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2017-06-26
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2016-06-06
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2015-09-24
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2009-09-11
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Company incorporated
As AA WHYTE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2009-09-11
➕
WHYTE, Lorna May appointed
secretary
2009-09-11
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WHYTE, Andrew Alexander appointed
director
2009-09-11
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WHYTE, Lorna May appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHYTE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lorna May Whyte Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/09/2024
Mr Andrew Alexander Whyte Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Honeysgoe

St. Margarets Hope

South Ronaldsay

Orkney

KW17 2TH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WHYTE, Lorna May→

secretary · appointed 2009-09-11

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Active

WHYTE, Andrew Alexander→

director · ~68y · appointed 2009-09-11

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Active

WHYTE, Lorna May→

director · ~69y · appointed 2009-09-11

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Recent filings (37 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-09-15

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-15

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-09-15

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-09-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-06-26