LFF (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

02490141 · ltd · incorporated 1990-04-06

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 36.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.0y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (9 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

150 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £3,413,623

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£3.41M	£3.97M
Average employees	3100	2900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-02
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PENNY, David John appointed
director
2025-03-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-27
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2024-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-12
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BRACKSTONE, Stephen appointed
director
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-02
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HASSELL, Barry John appointed
director
2020-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-01
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HASSELL, Barry John appointed
secretary
2018-12-31
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CLAYTON, Nicholas David resigned
secretary
2016-01-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-01-22
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2016-01-22
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2015-12-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2015-12-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-02-02
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BARBER, Michael Eric appointed
director
2015-02-02
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BARBER, Michael Eric appointed
director
2015-02-02
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BARBER, Michael Eric resigned
director
2005-06-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-05-20
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CLAYTON, Nicholas David appointed
secretary
1996-05-20
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PRIOR, Mark Hector resigned
secretary
1991-11-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-06-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-04-06
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Company incorporated
As LFF (SCOTLAND) LTD.

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 Scotland Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lff Scotland Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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LFF (SCOTLAND) LTD.

This company · 02490141

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lff Scotland Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-04-06

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: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12