F.T. LUCKMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01448941 · ltd · incorporated 1979-09-17
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
116 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-21
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  3. 2024-03-07
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    MACWHIRTER, Francesca appointed
    director
  4. 2024-03-07
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-01-29
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  6. 2022-12-06
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  7. 2022-01-10
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  8. 2021-01-08
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  9. 2019-08-15
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  10. 2018-09-06
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  11. 2017-11-28
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  12. 2017-03-13
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  13. 2017-01-18
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  14. 2017-01-16
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    address · AD01
  15. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-13
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  17. 2010-11-29
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    MACWHIRTER, Francesca appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-11-29
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    KILCOYNE, Katrina Elaine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-01
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    MACWHIRTER, Stuart Boyde appointed
    director
  20. 1995-05-29
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    STOLZER-CHEYNE, Kathleen Monica resigned
    secretary
  21. 1995-05-20
    ➕
    KILCOYNE, Katrina Elaine appointed
    secretary
  22. 1994-05-29
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    STOLZER-CHEYNE, Kathleen Monica resigned
    director
  23. 1994-01-31
    ➖
    STOLZER-CHEYNE, Louis resigned
    director
  24. 1994-01-01
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    MACWHIRTER, Alexandra Kathleen Emma appointed
    director
  25. 1979-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As F.T. LUCKMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACWHIRTER, Francesca (same surname) appointed 2024-03-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alexandra Kathleen Emma Macwhirter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1943 · age 83
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1979-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

C/O The Hay Group Berkeley House
Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1PZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MACWHIRTER, Francesca→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACWHIRTER, Alexandra Kathleen Emma→
director · ~83y · appointed 1994-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACWHIRTER, Francesca→
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACWHIRTER, Stuart Boyde→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KILCOYNE, Katrina Elaine→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-20 · resigned 2010-11-29
Resigned
STOLZER-CHEYNE, Kathleen Monica→
secretary · resigned 1995-05-29
Resigned
STOLZER-CHEYNE, Kathleen Monica→
director · ~113y · resigned 1994-05-29
Resigned
STOLZER-CHEYNE, Louis→
director · ~118y · resigned 1994-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (116 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-15