LOMOND PLANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC109397 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-23

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.46M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 37.9y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 37.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,458,147

Net assets shrinking

Down £281,739 YoY

Cash YoY

+108%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

↑ 108% YoY

Net Worth

£3.5m

↓ 7.5% YoY

Current Assets

£5.4m

↑ 4.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£13.31M	£13.60M
Current assets	£5.42M	£5.19M
Cash	£15.0k	£7.2k
Debtors	£5.18M	£4.98M
Net assets	£3.46M	£3.74M

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

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4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-06-23
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accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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2025-01-07
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2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-22
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accounts · AA
2023-05-08
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accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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mortgage · MR01
2021-08-20
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2020-12-29
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accounts · AA
2019-08-28
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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mortgage · MR01
2019-03-21
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2018-12-06
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officers · CH01
2018-12-06
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officers · CH01
2018-12-06
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officers · CH01
2018-11-21
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2018-11-21
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2013-11-01
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PORTER, Katrina Elizabeth appointed
director
2009-12-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2006-09-01
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MCGRILLIS, Amanda Sandra appointed
director
2006-04-28
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EASTON, Ross Alexander appointed
director
2004-06-17
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2001-01-26
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EASTON, Sandra Elizabeth resigned
secretary
1999-09-01
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MCGRILLIS, Amanda Sandra appointed
secretary
1997-08-31
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GIBB, William resigned
director
1994-03-31
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GIBB, William appointed
director
1993-06-26
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CROW, Robert Russell resigned
director
1991-11-26
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Charge satisfied #1
1991-10-01
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1991-09-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1990-10-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1988-06-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1988-02-23
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Company incorporated
As LOMOND PLANT LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

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

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Lomond Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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LOMOND PLANT LIMITED

This company · SC109397

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lomond Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/01/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Ross Alexander Eastonceased 01/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Amanda Sandra Mcgrillisceased 01/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1988-02-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

15 Merchiston Industrial Estate

Bankside

Falkirk

FK2 7PD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22