LINDISFARNE MEAD COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07521500 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-08

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

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
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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2024-03-21
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2023-09-26
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accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts · AA
2021-06-02
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2020-10-12
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2019-09-18
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accounts · AA
2018-04-18
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accounts · AA
2018-02-08
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address · AD02
2018-02-08
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address · AD04
2018-02-08
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address · AD04
2017-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-06-23
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accounts · AA
2016-02-18
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-03
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accounts · AA
2014-05-15
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STEPHENSON, Keith Caville appointed
director
2014-05-15
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HACKETT, Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2014-05-15
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HACKETT, Michael Lindsay resigned
director
2011-02-08
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Company incorporated
As LINDISFARNE MEAD COMPANY LIMITED
2011-02-08
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HACKETT, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2011-02-08
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HACKETT, Michael Lindsay appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)

Group structure

Lindisfarne Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lindisfarne Limited

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

ultimate parent

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LINDISFARNE MEAD COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 07521500

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
Lindisfarne 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.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-02-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

St. Aidan's Winery

Holy Island

Northumberland

TD15 2RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-22

Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

STEPHENSON, Keith Caville→

director · ~72y · appointed 2014-05-15

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Active

HACKETT, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2011-02-08 · resigned 2014-05-15

Resigned

HACKETT, Michael Lindsay→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-02-08 · resigned 2014-05-15

Resigned

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