LANGLANDS & MCAINSH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC083212 · ltd · incorporated 1983-05-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 17219

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 42.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 42.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31
Average employees	100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-07-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-17
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officers · TM02
2019-01-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-09-23
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JARDINE, Mary resigned
secretary
2018-09-23
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JARDINE, Mary resigned
director
2018-05-29
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2018-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2004-07-17
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JARDINE, Kenneth Forrester resigned
director
1991-01-06
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JARDINE, Alan Norman appointed
director
1983-12-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1983-12-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1983-05-20
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Company incorporated
As LANGLANDS & MCAINSH LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Norman Jardine Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

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

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PACSON LIMITED→ SC114098 · est 1988	£3.62M £2.81M–£4.42M	—	—	85	37y	85	59y
HUTCHISON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED→ SC176095 · est 1997	£1.92M £1.49M–£2.35M	£15.44M	—	12200	29y	89	57y
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CAMVAC ROCKWELL LIMITED→ SC177774 · est 1997	£1.19M £927.2k–£1.46M	—	—	71	28y	84	60y
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-05-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC17219 — SIC 17219

Registered office

2 Tower Court, Ralston Road

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 1NQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

JARDINE, Alan Norman→

director · ~63y · appointed 1991-01-06

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Active

JARDINE, Mary→

secretary · resigned 2018-09-23

Resigned

JARDINE, Kenneth Forrester→

director · ~98y · resigned 2004-07-17

Resigned

JARDINE, Mary→

director · ~92y · resigned 2018-09-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	23/12/1983	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Letter of offset	1 property	23/12/1983	—

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Recent filings (96 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-07-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-26

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-04-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-09

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-01