LANGHAM TOLL KENNELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06408968 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-10-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-01-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-01-22
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2025-10-01
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    PARDOE, Robert appointed
    secretary
  6. 2025-10-01
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    PARDOE, Daphne Violet resigned
    secretary
  7. 2025-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-18
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    PARDOE, Robert Charles appointed
    director
  11. 2023-01-18
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    PARDOE, Daphne Violet resigned
    director
  12. 2023-01-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-01-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2017-08-01
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    WAUGH, Adam Peter Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2014-06-15
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    LETTS, Charles resigned
    director
  23. 2008-06-07
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    LETTS, Charles appointed
    director
  24. 2007-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As LANGHAM TOLL KENNELS LIMITED
  25. 2007-10-25
    ➕
    SMALLEY, Timothy Wyndam Basil appointed
    director
  26. 2007-10-25
    ➕
    PARDOE, Daphne Violet appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-10-25
    ➕
    PARDOE, Daphne Violet appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Wyndam Basil Smalley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
—25–50%25-50% voting01/10/2017
Mr Adam Peter Alexander Waugh
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
—25–50%25-50% voting01/10/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Daphne Violet Pardoeceased 18/01/2023· 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

PARDOE, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2025-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARDOE, Robert Charles→
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMALLEY, Timothy Wyndam Basil→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAUGH, Adam Peter Alexander→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARDOE, Daphne Violet→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-25 · resigned 2025-10-01
Resigned
LETTS, Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-06-07 · resigned 2014-06-15
Resigned
PARDOE, Daphne Violet→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-10-25 · resigned 2023-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-22
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05