AYSTREE CONSULTING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC633604 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£2k£1k£5k£8k£12k£15kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£-2.2k
Current assets—£15.3k
Net assets—£-2.2k
Average employees1—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AYSTREE CONSULTING LIMITED
  12. 2019-06-17
    ➕
    WHITEFORD, James Leslie appointed
    director
  13. 2019-06-17
    ➕
    WHITEFORD, Margo Lorraine, Dr appointed
    director
  14. 2019-06-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Leslie Whiteford
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1/2, 15 Alexander Grove
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 3EF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WHITEFORD, James Leslie→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-06-17
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Active
WHITEFORD, Margo Lorraine, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-06-17
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-16