WHITEHILLS ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC463111 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-06
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees2200

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-12-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-11-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2020-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2015-04-28
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    WEIR, Jonathan Corrie Rankine appointed
    director
  18. 2013-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITEHILLS ESTATES LIMITED
  19. 2013-11-06
    ➕
    WEIR, John Ritchie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 79 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Barbara Mcknaight Weir
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Ritchie Weirceased 07/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2013-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

C/O Henderson Loggie Llp
139 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5JF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WEIR, John Ritchie→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-11-06
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WEIR, Jonathan Corrie Rankine→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-04-28
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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07