WHITEBURN VIEWFORTH DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC679467 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-02

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 4.5y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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4 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-06
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-12-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-03
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-12-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
2021-12-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-12-02
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-11-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
2021-07-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-01
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SHEPHERD, John Inglis appointed
director
2020-11-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-11-02
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Company incorporated
As WHITEBURN VIEWFORTH DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
2020-11-02
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MCCURRICH, Eve appointed
director
2020-11-02
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Housing Growth Partnership Iii Gp Llp

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Whiteburn Viewforth Llp

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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WHITEBURN VIEWFORTH DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

This company · SC679467

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Housing Growth Partnership Iii Gp Llp Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/11/2021
Whiteburn Viewforth Llp Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/11/2020

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

Incorporated2020-11-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

1 Jackson's Entry

Edinburgh

EH8 8PJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCURRICH, Eve→

director · ~55y · appointed 2020-11-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHEPHERD, John Inglis→

director · ~69y · appointed 2021-07-01

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	03/12/2021	—
	outstanding	Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2021	—

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-02-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-02-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-01-31

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2021-12-08

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2021-12-08

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2021-12-06

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2021-12-06

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2021-12-03

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2021-12-03