LISTER LANGLEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09230055 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-23

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£468.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £468,882

Cash YoY

+47%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£446k

↑ 47% YoY

Net Worth

£469k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£575k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£468.9k	£360.5k
Current assets	£574.8k	£451.6k
Cash	£445.5k	£304.0k
Debtors	£35.3k	£50.4k
Net assets	£468.9k	£360.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-04-09
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accounts · AA
2023-01-17
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts · AA
2021-03-05
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accounts · AA
2020-04-17
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capital · SH08
2020-04-15
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capital · SH10
2020-04-09
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accounts · AA
2019-10-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-09-30
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LANGLEY, Charlotte appointed
director
2019-09-30
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BENNETT, Edward Roger, Mr. resigned
director
2019-09-30
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BENNETT, Roger John, Mr. resigned
director
2019-09-30
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officers · AP01
2019-09-30
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officers · TM01
2019-09-30
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officers · TM01
2019-09-04
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officers · TM02
2019-09-02
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HOWDEN, Rhianna resigned
secretary
2016-12-08
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LISTER, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2016-12-08
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HOWDEN, Rhianna appointed
secretary
2016-11-11
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HOWDEN, Rhianna appointed
secretary
2016-11-11
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HOWDEN, Rhianna resigned
secretary
2016-11-11
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LISTER, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2016-11-11
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LISTER, Mark Anthony resigned
director
2015-11-09
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BENNETT, Edward Roger, Mr. appointed
director
2015-02-25
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BENNETT, Roger John, Mr. appointed
director
2015-02-09
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BENNETT, Edward Roger resigned
director
2015-02-09
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BENNETT, Roger John resigned
director
2014-12-11
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BENNETT, Roger John appointed
director
2014-09-23
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Company incorporated
As LISTER LANGLEY LIMITED
2014-09-23
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BENNETT, Edward Roger appointed
director
2014-09-23
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2014-09-23
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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 "LANGLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Mark Anthony Lister Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/09/2019
Ms Charlotte Langley Individual · British · DOB 12/1991 · age 35	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/09/2019

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

Incorporated2014-09-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Belgrave House

2 Winner Street

Paignton

TQ3 3BJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

LANGLEY, Charlotte→

director · ~35y · appointed 2019-09-30

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Active

LISTER, Mark Anthony→

director · ~51y · appointed 2016-12-08

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Active

HOWDEN, Rhianna→

secretary · appointed 2016-12-08 · resigned 2019-09-02

Resigned

HOWDEN, Rhianna→

secretary · appointed 2016-11-11 · resigned 2016-11-11

Resigned

BENNETT, Edward Roger, Mr.→

director · ~49y · appointed 2015-11-09 · resigned 2019-09-30

Resigned

BENNETT, Edward Roger→

director · ~49y · appointed 2014-09-23 · resigned 2015-02-09

Resigned

BENNETT, Roger John, Mr.→

director · ~74y · appointed 2015-02-25 · resigned 2019-09-30

Resigned

BENNETT, Roger John→

director · ~74y · appointed 2014-12-11 · resigned 2015-02-09

Resigned

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2014-09-23 · resigned 2014-09-23

Resigned

LISTER, Mark Anthony→

director · ~51y · appointed 2016-11-11 · resigned 2016-11-11

Resigned

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