LOMBARDIC CORPORATION PLC

🌳Matureactive
02254168 · plc · incorporated 1988-05-09
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-8.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
24 officers (2 active, 24 linked, 15 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
153 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,676,208

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£8.7m
~ YoY
Current Assets
-£8.7m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£8.7m-£8.7m-£8.7m-£8.7m-£8.7m-£8.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Total assets£-8.68M£-8.68M
Current assets£-8.66M£-8.66M
Debtors£-8.66M£-8.66M
Net assets£-8.68M£-8.68M

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (61 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
    NIELSEN, Sheila resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-02-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-02-11
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-10
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-02-05
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-01-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-11-01
    NEUMAN, Eren appointed
    director
  8. 2025-11-01
    HOFFMAN, Anna Bruno resigned
    director
  9. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  17. 2018-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2006-07-20
    CARROLL, Gerald appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-17
    CARROLL, Gerald John Howard resigned
    director
  22. 2004-11-17
    HOFFMAN, Anna Bruno appointed
    director
  23. 2001-09-07
    NIELSEN, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-06-20
    HASSAN, Levent resigned
    secretary
  25. 2001-06-20
    HASSAN, Levent resigned
    director
  26. 2001-01-26
    HASSAN, Levent appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-01-26
    CARROLL, Gerald John Howard appointed
    director
  28. 2001-01-26
    HASSAN, Levent appointed
    director
  29. 2001-01-23
    DAY, Kenneth resigned
    secretary
  30. 2001-01-23
    DAY, Kenneth resigned
    director
  31. 2001-01-23
    TRAVIS, Ben Jonathan resigned
    director
  32. 1999-06-03
    DAY, Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  33. 1999-06-03
    DAY, Kenneth appointed
    director
  34. 1999-05-12
    COSTIDE, Iolanda Marie Beatrice resigned
    secretary
  35. 1999-05-12
    COSTIDE, Iolanda Marie Beatrice resigned
    director
  36. 1997-01-21
    COSTIDE, Iolanda Marie Beatrice appointed
    secretary
  37. 1997-01-21
    CASTLE, Laurence Hay resigned
    director
  38. 1997-01-21
    COSTIDE, Iolanda Marie Beatrice appointed
    director
  39. 1997-01-21
    TRAVIS, Ben Jonathan appointed
    director
  40. 1996-11-18
    JUDD, Barry Andrew resigned
    secretary
  41. 1996-11-18
    CARROLL, John Robert resigned
    director
  42. 1996-11-18
    JUDD, Barry Andrew resigned
    director
  43. 1995-10-04
    CLARKE, Anthony Richard resigned
    secretary
  44. 1995-10-04
    JUDD, Barry Andrew appointed
    secretary
  45. 1995-10-04
    CARROLL, John Robert appointed
    director
  46. 1995-10-04
    CASTLE, Laurence Hay appointed
    director
  47. 1995-10-04
    CLARKE, Anthony Richard resigned
    director
  48. 1995-10-04
    JUDD, Barry Andrew appointed
    director
  49. 1995-06-23
    CLARKE, Anthony Richard appointed
    secretary
  50. 1995-06-23
    MULLIGAN, Gregory Patrick resigned
    secretary
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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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: NIELSEN, Sheila resigned 2026-02-26; HOFFMAN, Anna Bruno resigned 2025-11-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gerald Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Carroll Foundationceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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

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8 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
Typeplc
Incorporated1988-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

6 Kingsley Lodge 13 New Cavendish Street
London
W1G 9UG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (2 active · 22 resigned)

CARROLL, Gerald
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-07-20
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Active
NEUMAN, Eren
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-11-01
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Active
CLARKE, Anthony Richard
secretary · appointed 1995-06-23 · resigned 1995-10-04
Resigned
COLVILLE, Michael John
secretary · resigned 1993-02-26
Resigned
COSTIDE, Iolanda Marie Beatrice
secretary · appointed 1997-01-21 · resigned 1999-05-12
Resigned
DAY, Kenneth
secretary · appointed 1999-06-03 · resigned 2001-01-23
Resigned
HASSAN, Levent
secretary · appointed 2001-01-26 · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned
JUDD, Barry Andrew
secretary · appointed 1995-10-04 · resigned 1996-11-18
Resigned
MULLIGAN, Gregory Patrick
secretary · appointed 1993-02-26 · resigned 1995-06-23
Resigned
NIELSEN, Sheila
secretary · appointed 2001-09-07 · resigned 2026-02-26
Resigned
CARROLL, Gerald John Howard
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-01-26 · resigned 2004-11-17
Resigned
CARROLL, Gerald John Howard
director · ~75y · resigned 1995-02-09
Resigned
CARROLL, John Robert
director · ~103y · appointed 1995-10-04 · resigned 1996-11-18
Resigned
CASTLE, Laurence Hay
director · ~77y · appointed 1995-10-04 · resigned 1997-01-21
Resigned
CLARKE, Anthony Richard
director · ~73y · resigned 1995-10-04
Resigned
COLVILLE, Michael John
director · resigned 1993-02-22
Resigned
COSTIDE, Iolanda Marie Beatrice
director · ~76y · appointed 1997-01-21 · resigned 1999-05-12
Resigned
CURRIE, Timothy
director · ~70y · appointed 1992-11-02 · resigned 1995-05-16
Resigned
DAY, Kenneth
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-06-03 · resigned 2001-01-23
Resigned
HASSAN, Levent
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-01-26 · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan
The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan Limited
Charge1 property24/09/1992
outstanding
The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan
The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan Limited
Charge and assignment2 properties23/12/1991
outstanding
The Long - Term Credit Bank of Japan
The Long - Term Credit Bank of Japan Limited
Fixed & floating1 property20/12/1989
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Recent filings (153 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06