WHITEBURN WATERLOO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC461034 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-08
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
33 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-09-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-25
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2019-01-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: @Sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited
  13. 2018-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-11-05
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Kenneth Philip Dale appointed
    director
  15. 2018-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-04-30
    ➖
    KILGOUR, David Douglas resigned
    director
  17. 2018-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2017-10-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2017-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2014-10-07
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    KILGOUR, David Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2013-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITEBURN WATERLOO LIMITED
  23. 2013-10-08
    ➕
    SHEPHERD, John Inglis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 13 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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WHITEBURN WATERLOO LIMITED
This company · SC461034

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-10-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Clock Tower 1
Jackson's Entry
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH8 8PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SHEPHERD, John Inglis→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-10-08
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Active
STRACHAN, Kenneth Philip Dale→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-11-05
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Active
KILGOUR, David Douglas→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-10-07 · resigned 2018-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
@Sipp (Pension Trustees)
@Sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited
A registered charge1 property21/01/201923/09/2022

Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-09