LUDDON ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC074756 · ltd · incorporated 1981-05-11
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-26
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-01
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    DOUGALL, John Marshall resigned
    director
  5. 2025-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-03-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-02-28
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  9. 2024-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-07
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    DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay appointed
    director
  16. 2018-12-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-07-31
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-07-01
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-06-30
    ➖
    COCOZZA, Adriano resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-06-30
    ➖
    COCOZZA, Adriano resigned
    director
  23. 1981-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As LUDDON ESTATES LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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.)

Group structure

Luddon Construction Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Luddon Construction Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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LUDDON ESTATES LIMITED
This company · SC074756

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Luddon Construction Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dougall Holdings Ltdceased 31/08/2016· 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
Incorporated1981-05-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Balmore House
1497 Balmore Road
Glasgow
G23 5HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DOUGALL, Alexandra Jay→
director · ~84y
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Active
DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-12-07
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Active
COCOZZA, Adriano→
secretary · resigned 2005-06-30
Resigned
DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned
COCOZZA, Adriano→
director · ~81y · resigned 2005-06-30
Resigned
DOUGALL, John Marshall→
director · ~83y · resigned 2025-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-03
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17