LANDTECH (UK) LIMITED

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03176859 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 27.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,720
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,377 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Assets
£27k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.6k£763
Current assets£26.8k£30.3k
Net assets£1.7k£14.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-14
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2022-06-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2022-06-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-06-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-06-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2018-04-01
    ➖
    DAVIES, Steven Walter resigned
    secretary
  19. 2018-04-01
    ➖
    DAVIES, Steven Walter resigned
    director
  20. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    DAVIES, Steven Walter appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-11-26
    ➖
    ONSLOW, James Denzil resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    DAVIES, Steven Walter appointed
    director
  23. 1999-05-18
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  24. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    ONSLOW, James Denzil appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-03-31
    ➖
    PAMMENT, William Anthony resigned
    secretary
  26. 1997-03-31
    ➖
    PAMMENT, Brian Anthony resigned
    director
  27. 1997-03-31
    ➖
    PAMMENT, William Anthony resigned
    director
  28. 1996-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LANDTECH (UK) LIMITED
  29. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    BROWN, Andrew James appointed
    director
  30. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    HEANUE, Ashlynn Mary appointed
    secretary
  31. 1996-03-22
    ➖
    HEANUE, Ashlynn Mary resigned
    secretary
  32. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    PAMMENT, William Anthony appointed
    secretary
  33. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    BUTLER, Mark appointed
    director
  34. 1996-03-22
    ➖
    BUTLER, Mark resigned
    director
  35. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    PAMMENT, Brian Anthony appointed
    director
  36. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    PAMMENT, William Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Brown
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Steven Walter Daviesceased 01/04/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1996-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Office 9 The Civic Centre
Martins Way
Stourport On Severn
Worcestershire
DY13 8UJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

BROWN, Andrew James→
director · ~70y · appointed 1996-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Steven Walter→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
HEANUE, Ashlynn Mary→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-03-22
Resigned
ONSLOW, James Denzil→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2002-11-26
Resigned
PAMMENT, William Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1997-03-31
Resigned
BUTLER, Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-03-22
Resigned
DAVIES, Steven Walter→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
PAMMENT, Brian Anthony→
director · ~83y · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1997-03-31
Resigned
PAMMENT, William Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1997-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture deed1 property18/05/1999—
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Recent filings (95 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-10