WHATTON LODGE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC383814 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£89
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £89
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,582 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£89
↓ 95% YoY
Current Assets
£922
↓ 98% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£15k£22k£30k£37kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£89£1.7k
Current assets£922£37.1k
Net assets£89£1.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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  2. 2024-08-27
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  3. 2024-07-12
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  5. 2024-07-12
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  6. 2024-07-12
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  8. 2024-07-12
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2024-07-02
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    HOGG, Robert appointed
    director
  10. 2024-07-02
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    WALKER, David appointed
    director
  11. 2024-07-02
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    EGAN, Ella resigned
    secretary
  12. 2024-07-02
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    BENNETT, Alexander Ward, Councillor resigned
    director
  13. 2024-07-02
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    EGAN, Ella resigned
    director
  14. 2024-07-02
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    MCLEARY, James Donald resigned
    director
  15. 2023-08-02
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  16. 2022-11-09
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  17. 2021-09-28
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  18. 2020-09-30
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  19. 2019-06-07
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  20. 2018-05-17
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  21. 2017-09-12
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  22. 2010-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As WHATTON LODGE LTD
  23. 2010-08-17
    ➕
    AMOS, Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-17
    ➕
    BROWN, David Honeyman appointed
    director
  25. 2010-08-17
    ➕
    EGAN, Ella appointed
    secretary
  26. 2010-08-17
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    BENNETT, Alexander Ward, Councillor appointed
    director
  27. 2010-08-17
    ➕
    EGAN, Ella appointed
    director
  28. 2010-08-17
    ➕
    MCLEARY, James Donald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Whatton Lodge
Hill Road
Gullane
East Lothian
EH31 2BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

AMOS, Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 2010-08-17
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Active
BROWN, David Honeyman→
director · ~87y · appointed 2010-08-17
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Active
HOGG, Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-07-02
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Active
WALKER, David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EGAN, Ella→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-17 · resigned 2024-07-02
Resigned
BENNETT, Alexander Ward, Councillor→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-08-17 · resigned 2024-07-02
Resigned
EGAN, Ella→
director · ~93y · appointed 2010-08-17 · resigned 2024-07-02
Resigned
MCLEARY, James Donald→
director · ~87y · appointed 2010-08-17 · resigned 2024-07-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28