WASTE TANK SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC681628 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-23

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£61

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 36000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

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

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

15 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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 £61

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£61

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£61	£61
Net assets	£61	£61

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2025-07-28
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accounts · AA
2024-08-12
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accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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address · AD01
2022-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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officers · TM01
2021-04-08
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LYONS, Stephen resigned
director
2021-03-05
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officers · AP01
2021-03-01
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KEARSEY, James Edward appointed
director
2021-03-01
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WORDSWORTH, Harold Duncan appointed
director
2021-03-01
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officers · AP01
2020-11-23
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Company incorporated
As WASTE TANK SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2020-11-23
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LYONS, Stephen appointed
director
2020-11-23
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100

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 86 — succession pressure is live.

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 86 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Harold Duncan Wordsworth Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	23/11/2020
James Edward Kearsey Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	23/11/2020

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

Incorporated2020-11-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

1-4 Underwood Road

Longcroft

Falkirk

FK4 1ST

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-20

Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KEARSEY, James Edward→

director · ~60y · appointed 2021-03-01

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Active

WORDSWORTH, Harold Duncan→

director · ~86y · appointed 2021-03-01

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Active

LYONS, Stephen→

director · ~45y · appointed 2020-11-23 · resigned 2021-04-08

Resigned

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