TAYSIDE INVESTMENTS LTD.

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SC367497 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-27
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£21.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
45 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,347
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,284 YoY
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£42k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£25k£38k£51k£64kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£21.6k£34.9k
Current assets£42.2k£63.7k
Cash£13.4k£20.2k
Debtors£28.8k£43.5k
Net assets£21.3k£34.6k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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  2. 2024-09-06
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2021-08-27
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  6. 2020-10-09
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  7. 2019-07-10
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  8. 2018-11-09
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  9. 2017-07-31
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  10. 2016-09-08
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  11. 2015-12-23
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  12. 2015-12-04
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  13. 2014-12-16
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  14. 2014-11-04
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  15. 2013-10-30
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  16. 2010-04-29
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    ADAM, Lorna Mary resigned
    director
  17. 2010-04-29
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    CHALMERS, Lori resigned
    director
  18. 2010-03-17
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    ADAM, Lorna Mary resigned
    director
  19. 2010-03-17
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    CHALMERS, Lori resigned
    director
  20. 2009-11-05
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    ADAM, Lorna Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2009-11-05
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    ADAM, Lorna Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-05
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    CHALMERS, Lori appointed
    director
  23. 2009-11-05
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    CHALMERS, Lori appointed
    director
  24. 2009-11-03
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    ADAM, Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2009-11-03
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    WHITEHURST, Kenneth Frederick appointed
    director
  26. 2009-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As TAYSIDE INVESTMENTS LTD.
  27. 2009-10-27
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  28. 2009-10-27
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Robert Adam
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/11/2016
Mr Kenneth Frederick Whitehurst
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/11/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

1 Stirling Street
Dundee
DD3 6PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ADAM, Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITEHURST, Kenneth Frederick→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAM, Lorna Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2010-04-29
Resigned
ADAM, Lorna Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2010-03-17
Resigned
CHALMERS, Lori→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2010-04-29
Resigned
CHALMERS, Lori→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2010-03-17
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-27 · resigned 2009-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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2025-08-01
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2025-05-26
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2024-09-06
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2024-06-10
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2023-07-31
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2023-05-25
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2022-12-19
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2022-06-28
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2021-08-27
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2021-05-25
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2020-10-09
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2020-03-02
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2019-07-10
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2019-03-26
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2018-11-09