WESTCOURTS LITIGATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC471651 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
85
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees700500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2022-10-05
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-10-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-10-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-10-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-09-23
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    MCGINTY, Edel Margaret appointed
    director
  10. 2021-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-31
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  12. 2020-04-16
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  13. 2020-04-16
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-03-30
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    address · AD01
  15. 2019-12-29
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  16. 2019-04-06
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    MORTIMER, Joanna Ruth resigned
    director
  17. 2018-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-05-01
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    WRIGHT, Graeme appointed
    director
  20. 2014-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As WESTCOURTS LITIGATION LIMITED
  21. 2014-03-05
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Derek Henderson appointed
    director
  22. 2014-03-05
    ➕
    MORTIMER, Joanna Ruth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Edel Margaret Mcginty
Individual · British · DOB 05/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/09/2022
Mr Graeme Wright
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Derek Henderson Buchanan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Joanna Ruth Mortimerceased 06/04/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

First Floor
22 Westburn Street
Greenock
PA15 1JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Derek Henderson→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-03-05
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Active
MCGINTY, Edel Margaret→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-09-23
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Active
WRIGHT, Graeme→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active
MORTIMER, Joanna Ruth→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-03-05 · resigned 2019-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31