WILD SHORE HOLDINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC568155 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-07
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.55M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,547,050
Net assets shrinking
Down £39,931 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£296k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↓ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£317k£635k£952k£1.3m£1.6mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.56M£1.61M
Current assets£1.17M£1.19M
Cash£295.5k£605.9k
Debtors£866.5k£565.7k
Net assets£1.55M£1.59M

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 (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
    ➕
    HEGARTY, Zak appointed
    director
  2. 2025-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-18
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-03-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-12-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-12-15
    ➖
    MARK, Callum William, Dobson resigned
    director
  8. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-06-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-06-04
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Neil James appointed
    director
  11. 2024-02-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2024-02-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-04-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
  16. 2022-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2022-04-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2022-04-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2022-04-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2021-10-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-10-13
    ➖
    WOODHEAD, Timothy David resigned
    director
  22. 2021-08-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2017-06-27
    ➕
    BARBOUR, James Douglas appointed
    director
  25. 2017-06-27
    ➕
    MARK, Callum William, Dobson appointed
    director
  26. 2017-06-27
    ➕
    WOODHEAD, Timothy David appointed
    director
  27. 2017-06-19
    ➕
    GILLIES, Alexander Malcolm appointed
    director
  28. 2017-06-19
    ➖
    DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMTIED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2017-06-19
    ➖
    GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell resigned
    director
  30. 2017-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WILD SHORE HOLDINGS LTD
  31. 2017-06-07
    ➕
    DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMTIED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2017-06-07
    ➕
    GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Alasdair Gordon Mackenzie Nairn
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2022
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Sandy Nairnceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr James Douglas Barbourceased 14/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Timothy David Woodheadceased 14/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • 22 Nominees Limitedceased 15/06/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2017-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

ANDERSON, Neil James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBOUR, James Douglas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLIES, Alexander Malcolm→
director · ~76y · appointed 2017-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEGARTY, Zak→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMTIED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-06-07 · resigned 2017-06-19
Resigned
GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-06-07 · resigned 2017-06-19
Resigned
MARK, Callum William, Dobson→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-06-27 · resigned 2024-12-15
Resigned
WOODHEAD, Timothy David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-06-27 · resigned 2021-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27