WEE ISLE DAIRY LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC500625 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10511
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10519SIC 10519
  • 10520SIC 10520
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 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
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Net Worth
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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 employees8001100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-07
    ➖
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2020-07-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-10-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2015-09-01
    ➖
    DENNIS, Emma resigned
    director
  18. 2015-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WEE ISLE DAIRY LTD
  19. 2015-03-17
    ➕
    DENNIS, Donald Bertrand appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-17
    ➕
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2015-03-17
    ➕
    DENNIS, Emma appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Mrs Emma Joan Dennis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/04/2025
Mr Donald Bertrand Dennis
Individual · American · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10511 — SIC 10511

Registered office

Tarbert Farm
Isle Of Gigha
Argyll
PA41 7AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DENNIS, Donald Bertrand→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-03-17 · resigned 2020-07-07
Resigned
DENNIS, Emma→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-03-17 · resigned 2015-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-07