LUGANO GROUP (GUERNSEY) LIMITED

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FC031765 · oversea-company · incorporated 2014-01-01
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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Investor take
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Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
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Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2014-02-07
    GOLD, Howard Barry appointed
    director
  2. 2014-02-07
    HUGHES, Paul appointed
    director
  3. 2014-02-07
    RABINOWITZ, Ben Zion appointed
    director
  4. 2014-02-07
    RABINOWITZ, Joseph appointed
    director
  5. 2014-02-07
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    appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-represent
    annual-return · OS-PAR
  6. 2014-02-07
    📄
    register-overseas-company
    incorporation · OSIN01
  7. 2014-01-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LUGANO GROUP (GUERNSEY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2014-01-01
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC

Registered office

Level 5 Mill Court
La Charroterie
St Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 1EJ
Channel Islands

Filing status

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Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GOLD, Howard Barry
director · ~83y · appointed 2014-02-07
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Active
HUGHES, Paul
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-02-07
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Active
RABINOWITZ, Ben Zion
director · ~91y · appointed 2014-02-07
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Active
RABINOWITZ, Joseph
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-02-07
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Recent filings (2 total)

appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-represent
annual-return · OS-PAR
2014-02-07
register-overseas-company
incorporation · OSIN01
2014-02-07