WHITEPOINT CAPITAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC634128 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-24
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
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does

Likely a dormant holding or shell vehicle incorporated in Aberdeen, with no active trading evident from its filing history — all accounts filed as dormant — nominally registered under mixed farming (SIC 01500) but showing no operational agricultural activity.

Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: high (82/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-03-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-01
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-05-31
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WHITEPOINT CAPITAL LIMITED
  10. 2019-06-24
    BUCHAN, Michael Andrew appointed
    director
  11. 2019-06-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-04-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Andrew Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest24/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Blackwood House
Union Grove Lane
Aberdeen
AB10 6XU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BUCHAN, Michael Andrew
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-06-24
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-06-24