LAKELAND GOLD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09773491 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-11
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. 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 (58/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees500500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-02-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-29
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-04-05
    KEEGAN, John James resigned
    director
  13. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-16
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-20
    KEEGAN JUNIOR, John James appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As LAKELAND GOLD LIMITED
  20. 2015-09-11
    KEEGAN, John James 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John James Keegan Junior
Individual · British · DOB 08/1994 · age 32
75100%
75-100% shares08/02/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John James Keeganceased 08/02/2022· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2015-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Lakeland Gold
Mintsfeet Road South
Kendal
LA9 6ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

KEEGAN JUNIOR, John James
director · ~32y · appointed 2015-09-20
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Active
KEEGAN, John James
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-09-11 · resigned 2021-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-21