W HOUSTON LANDSCAPING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC537537 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 employees131400

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-10-17
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2023-10-09
    ➕
    HOUSTON, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  8. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As W HOUSTON LANDSCAPING LIMITED
  16. 2016-06-08
    ➕
    HOUSTON, William Mccrindle appointed
    director
  17. 2016-06-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HOUSTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr William Houston
Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/06/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Houston
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/06/2016

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
Incorporated2016-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

5 Chapelton Road
Condorrat
Cumbernauld
G67 4HA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOUSTON, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~72y · appointed 2023-10-09
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Active
HOUSTON, William Mccrindle→
director · ~78y · appointed 2016-06-08
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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17