LAMB'S LOCUM SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

08516596 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-03

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46460

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-08-05
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts · AA
2022-02-23
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accounts · AA
2021-04-06
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accounts · AA
2019-09-09
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accounts · AA
2018-07-30
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accounts · AA
2018-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-12
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annual-return · AR01
2013-05-03
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Company incorporated
As LAMB'S LOCUM SERVICES LTD
2013-05-03
➕
LAMB, Beverley Anne appointed
director
2013-05-03
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LAMB, Roy 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAMB" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Roy Lamb Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Beverley Anne Lamb Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-05-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

Beech House 23 Ladies Lane

Hindley

Wigan

Lancashire

WN2 2QA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-17

Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAMB, Beverley Anne→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-05-03

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LAMB, Roy→

director · ~71y · appointed 2013-05-03

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