WATERFOOT TREE NURSERY LIMITED
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £100 |
| Current assets | — | £38.6k |
| Cash | — | £100 |
| Net assets | — | £100 |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-21➖STORRIE, Mary resigneddirector
- 2023-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs WATERFOOT TREE NURSERY LIMITED
- 2019-12-16➕STORRIE, Stuart Donald appointeddirector
- 2019-12-16➕STORRIE, Mary appointeddirector
- 2019-12-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Turcan Connell (Trustees) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Mary Jarvie Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 18/07/2025 |
Mrs Margaret Rose Scott Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 18/07/2025 |
Turcan Connell (Trustees) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 18/07/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Mary Storrieceased 18/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
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