LLDY ALEXANDRIA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC140039 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 32.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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  2. 2024-07-03
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  3. 2023-09-20
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  4. 2022-05-04
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  5. 2021-07-02
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2020-05-08
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  8. 2020-04-30
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  9. 2020-01-21
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-01-05
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    BULLOCH, Alexander resigned
    director
  11. 2019-07-02
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-01
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  13. 2018-04-23
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  14. 2018-04-23
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  15. 2017-07-11
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  16. 2016-10-07
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  17. 2016-04-30
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    PETERSON, John resigned
    director
  18. 2003-09-30
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    SORBIE, Mitchell resigned
    director
  19. 1997-09-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 1995-12-28
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    READER, Catherine resigned
    director
  21. 1995-03-17
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    LIND, Linda Ellis resigned
    director
  22. 1993-10-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 1993-09-16
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    LIND, Linda Ellis appointed
    director
  24. 1993-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1993-02-05
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    JAGIELKO, Henry John appointed
    secretary
  26. 1993-02-05
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    JAGIELKO, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  27. 1993-02-05
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    JAGIELKO, Henry John appointed
    director
  28. 1993-02-05
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    BULLOCH, Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 1993-02-05
    ➕
    PETERSON, John appointed
    director
  30. 1993-02-05
    ➕
    READER, Catherine appointed
    director
  31. 1993-02-05
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    SORBIE, Mitchell appointed
    director
  32. 1992-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As LLDY ALEXANDRIA LTD
  33. 1992-09-02
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1992-09-02
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  35. 1992-09-02
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  36. 1992-09-02
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Group structure

Lldr Alexandria Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Lldr Alexandria Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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LLDY ALEXANDRIA LTD
This company · SC140039

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lldr Alexandria Ltd
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting18/04/2018

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
Incorporated1992-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

1 Anthony Road
Largs
Ayrshire
KA30 8EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

JAGIELKO, Henry John→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-05
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Active
JAGIELKO, Carol Anne→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-02-05
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Active
JAGIELKO, Henry John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1993-02-05
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-02 · resigned 1992-09-02
Resigned
BULLOCH, Alexander→
director · ~99y · appointed 1993-02-05 · resigned 2020-01-05
Resigned
LIND, Linda Ellis→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-09-16 · resigned 1995-03-17
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-09-02 · resigned 1992-09-02
Resigned
PETERSON, John→
director · ~77y · appointed 1993-02-05 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
READER, Catherine→
director · ~97y · appointed 1993-02-05 · resigned 1995-12-28
Resigned
SORBIE, Mitchell→
director · ~99y · appointed 1993-02-05 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property12/09/1997—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property25/10/1993—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property30/07/1993—
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Recent filings (115 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
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accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-05-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-21