WHITESHORE COCKLES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC379476 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-01
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 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.81M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £1,808,788
Net assets shrinking
Down £90,017 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.8m
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£380k£760k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£4.50M£4.69M
Debtors£264.4k£479.0k
Net assets£1.81M£1.90M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-12
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  9. 2020-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-03
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2019-03-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  12. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-02-23
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2010-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITESHORE COCKLES LTD
  19. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Ralph Gerald appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Angus Alick appointed
    director
  21. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Fraser Edwin appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Michelle Chantal appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Angus Alick Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Michelle Chantal Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

26 Lewis Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2JF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

THOMPSON, Ralph Gerald→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Angus Alick→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-06-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Fraser Edwin→
director · ~33y · appointed 2010-06-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Michelle Chantal→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-06-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—27/03/2019—
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Recent filings (44 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2020-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24