17 LG LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04827040 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-07-09
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-22
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  5. 2023-03-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-18
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    ABLESAFE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2018-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-04-18
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  15. 2018-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-04-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2018-03-31
    ➖
    CRABTREE PM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2017-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    CRABTREE PM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2014-05-28
    ➖
    MCADAMS, Joseph Lloyd resigned
    director
  21. 2011-02-02
    ➖
    CHARLES DOUGLAS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-02-02
    ➖
    DOUGLAS, Charles Paul Murray resigned
    director
  23. 2011-02-02
    ➖
    CHARLES DOUGLAS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    DAWSON, Joanne appointed
    director
  25. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    MCADAMS, Joseph Lloyd appointed
    director
  26. 2005-08-18
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    HALLETT, Carole Ann resigned
    secretary
  27. 2005-08-18
    ➕
    CHARLES DOUGLAS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2005-08-18
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Charles Paul Murray appointed
    director
  29. 2005-08-18
    ➖
    HALLETT, Carole Ann resigned
    director
  30. 2005-08-18
    ➖
    KENNEDY, Bruce Charles Penrose resigned
    director
  31. 2005-08-18
    ➕
    CHARLES DOUGLAS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  32. 2003-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 17 LG LIMITED
  33. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    HALLETT, Carole Ann appointed
    secretary
  34. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-07-09
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    HALLETT, Carole Ann appointed
    director
  37. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Bruce Charles Penrose appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2003-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Malt Barn Cottage
Weavers Hill
Angmering
West Sussex
BN16 4BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

ABLESAFE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAWSON, Joanne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLETT, Carole Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2005-08-18
Resigned
CHARLES DOUGLAS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-18 · resigned 2011-02-02
Resigned
CRABTREE PM LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2003-07-09
Resigned
DOUGLAS, Charles Paul Murray→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-08-18 · resigned 2011-02-02
Resigned
HALLETT, Carole Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2005-08-18
Resigned
KENNEDY, Bruce Charles Penrose→
director · ~90y · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2005-08-18
Resigned
MCADAMS, Joseph Lloyd→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2014-05-28
Resigned
CHARLES DOUGLAS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-08-18 · resigned 2011-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-16