LFF GLAMAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
01032564 · ltd · incorporated 1971-11-25
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 42.6y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

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
75
Lenders & charges
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
156 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £305,639
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£-305.6k£1.48M
Average employees80007500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-11-27
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  7. 2024-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2024-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-03-20
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    HASSELL, Barry John appointed
    director
  20. 2019-03-20
    ➕
    POULTEN, Stewart John appointed
    director
  21. 2019-01-01
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Anthony Furness resigned
    director
  22. 2018-12-31
    ➖
    CLAYTON, Nicholas David resigned
    director
  23. 2016-01-25
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    Charge satisfied #7
  24. 2016-01-22
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  25. 2016-01-22
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2013-12-31
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    PENTLAND, Neil Norman resigned
    director
  27. 2013-11-29
    ➖
    VEITCH, Paul resigned
    director
  28. 2013-03-15
    ➖
    VEITCH, Paul resigned
    secretary
  29. 2004-01-19
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    BURNETT, Clark Forbes appointed
    director
  30. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    PENTLAND, Neil Norman appointed
    director
  31. 2003-11-13
    ➖
    DRYSDALE, Andrew resigned
    director
  32. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Nicholas David appointed
    director
  33. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Andrew appointed
    director
  34. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    MCLEAN, Robert James resigned
    director
  35. 1993-10-06
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    Charge satisfied #6
  36. 1993-10-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  37. 1993-10-06
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    Charge satisfied #4
  38. 1993-10-06
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    Charge satisfied #3
  39. 1993-10-06
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    Charge satisfied #2
  40. 1993-09-28
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    PRIOR, Mark Hector appointed
    director
  41. 1993-09-28
    ➖
    HARDY, Alan James resigned
    secretary
  42. 1993-09-28
    ➕
    VEITCH, Paul appointed
    secretary
  43. 1993-09-28
    ➖
    HARDY, Alan James resigned
    director
  44. 1993-09-28
    ➖
    HARDY, Glenda May resigned
    director
  45. 1993-09-28
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Robert James appointed
    director
  46. 1993-09-28
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  47. 1988-05-11
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  48. 1984-05-02
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  49. 1983-11-17
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  50. 1983-11-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Lff Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lff Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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LFF GLAMAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 01032564

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lff Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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10 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1971-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Level 5a Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

BURNETT, Clark Forbes→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HASSELL, Barry John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POULTEN, Stewart John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2019-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIOR, Mark Hector→
director · ~71y · appointed 1993-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDY, Alan James→
secretary · resigned 1993-09-28
Resigned
VEITCH, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-28 · resigned 2013-03-15
Resigned
CLAYTON, Nicholas David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2018-12-31
Resigned
DRYSDALE, Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2003-11-13
Resigned
HARDY, Alan James→
director · ~83y · resigned 1993-09-28
Resigned
HARDY, Glenda May→
director · ~83y · resigned 1993-09-28
Resigned
MCLEAN, Robert James→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-09-28 · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
PENTLAND, Neil Norman→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
THOMPSON, Anthony Furness→
director · ~74y · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned
VEITCH, Paul→
director · ~76y · resigned 2013-11-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

10
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/11/2024—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—22/01/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—22/01/2016—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property28/09/199325/01/2016
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/05/198806/10/1993
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property02/05/198406/10/1993
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/11/198306/10/1993
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/11/198306/10/1993
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/11/198306/10/1993
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/11/1983—
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Recent filings (156 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28