WAGNER LANDSCAPE CONSULTANTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC656029 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-28

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 21 → 23

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 21 → 23

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

£23.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Urban planning and landscape architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

81300Landscape service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -64% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £23,671

Net assets shrinking

Down £26,384 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 64% YoY

Cash YoY

-64%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↓ 64% YoY

Net Worth

£24k

↓ 53% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

↓ 61% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£23.7k	£50.1k	£30.9k
Current assets	£25.0k	£64.2k	£41.6k
Cash	£21.4k	£58.8k	£38.7k
Debtors	£3.6k	£5.4k	£2.9k
Net assets	£23.7k	£50.1k	£30.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-16
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-29
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-24
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BRUCE, Jacqueline Georgette resigned
director
2022-03-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-22
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BRUCE, Jacqueline Georgette appointed
director
2022-03-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-27
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MACDONALD, Donald appointed
director
2021-04-27
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
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Company incorporated
As WAGNER LANDSCAPE CONSULTANTS LTD
2020-02-28
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MACDONALD, Stephen appointed
director
2020-02-28
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	28/02/2020
Mr Donald Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/04/2021

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

Incorporated2020-02-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71112 — Urban planning and landscape architectural activities

Registered office

100 Kirn Drive

Gourock

PA19 1EQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-28

Last: 2026-06-14

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACDONALD, Donald→

director · ~77y · appointed 2021-04-27

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Active

MACDONALD, Stephen→

director · ~50y · appointed 2020-02-28

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Active

BRUCE, Jacqueline Georgette→

director · ~50y · appointed 2022-03-22 · resigned 2022-03-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-07-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-11-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-11-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-10-19

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-09-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-15

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-05-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-03-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-03-24