WHITEBURN RESIDENTIAL LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC795384 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2026-03-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-03-05
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    capital-alter-shares-consolidation
    capital · SH02
  5. 2024-03-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2024-03-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2024-02-29
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2024-02-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-02-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2024-02-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-02-29
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-02-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2024-02-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2024-02-20
    BENNETT, Colin appointed
    director
  15. 2024-01-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2024-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITEBURN RESIDENTIAL LIMITED
  17. 2024-01-16
    MCCURRICH, Eve appointed
    director
  18. 2024-01-16
    SHEPHERD, John Inglis appointed
    director
  19. 2024-01-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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.

🏛️
Housing Growth Partnership Iii Gp Llp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
WHITEBURN RESIDENTIAL LIMITED
This company · SC795384

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Housing Growth Partnership Iii Gp Llp
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/02/2024
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/01/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Whiteburn Holdings Limitedceased 20/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

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: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BENNETT, Colin
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-02-20
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Active
MCCURRICH, Eve
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-01-16
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Active
SHEPHERD, John Inglis
director · ~69y · appointed 2024-01-16
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
capital-alter-shares-consolidation
capital · SH02
2024-03-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-03-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-02-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-28