LCP (GUERNSEY) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
FC032323 · oversea-company · incorporated 2012-01-30
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 93). 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: low (43/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2015-02-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2015-01-29
    COSIGN LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  3. 2015-01-29
    HOLDING, Terence Anthony appointed
    director
  4. 2015-01-29
    📄
    appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-represent
    annual-return · OS-PAR
  5. 2015-01-29
    📄
    register-overseas-company
    incorporation · OSIN01
  6. 2012-01-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LCP (GUERNSEY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

95/100
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 93 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2012-01-30
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC

Registered office

Martello Court
Admiral Park
St Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 3BB

Filing status

Accounts
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COSIGN LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-01-29
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HOLDING, Terence Anthony
director · ~93y · appointed 2015-01-29
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Recent filings (3 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2015-02-26
appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-represent
annual-return · OS-PAR
2015-01-29
register-overseas-company
incorporation · OSIN01
2015-01-29