LANDFALL SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC038384 · ltd · incorporated 1963-01-30

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50200

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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: 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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-29
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-05-22
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-05
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-02
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accounts · AA
2003-12-05
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FREUD, Naomi appointed
secretary
2003-12-05
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LEMOS, George James Demetrius resigned
secretary
2003-12-05
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LEMOS, George James Demetrius resigned
director
1995-12-11
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DAVIDSON, Robert Edward Mackintosh resigned
secretary
1995-12-11
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LEMOS, George James Demetrius appointed
secretary
1995-12-11
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DAVIDSON, Robert Edward Mackintosh resigned
director
1963-01-30
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Company incorporated
As LANDFALL SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Freud Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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CARNTYNE TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED→ SC032077 · est 1957	£18.37M £13.78M–£22.96M	—	—	342	69y	88	89y
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AIR CHARTER SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC303971 · est 2006	—	—	£574.2k	—	19y	83	65y
B & G CONTRACTS LIMITED→ SC254571 · est 2003	—	—	£600.0k	—	22y	83	71y
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1963-01-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

191 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 2LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16

Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FREUD, Naomi→

secretary · appointed 2003-12-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FREUD, David→

director · ~79y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIDSON, Robert Edward Mackintosh→

secretary · resigned 1995-12-11

Resigned

LEMOS, George James Demetrius→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-05

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Robert Edward Mackintosh→

director · ~86y · resigned 1995-12-11

Resigned

LEMOS, George James Demetrius→

director · ~71y · resigned 2003-12-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-05-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-05-02

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2019-04-30