LAEMPE + SIMS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC154917 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-14
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£2.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,724
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,300 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 71% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£15k£23k£31k£39kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£51.3k£90.3k
Current assets£11.3k£38.6k
Net assets£2.7k£22.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-05-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-05-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-05-06
    ➕
    SIMS, Kathleen appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-06
    ➖
    SIMS, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-04-15
    ➖
    LAEMPE, Joachim resigned
    director
  20. 1994-12-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LAEMPE + SIMS COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 1994-12-14
    ➕
    TRAINER, Diane appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1994-12-14
    ➖
    TRAINER, Diane resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1994-12-14
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1994-12-14
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SIMS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

Sims Foundry Technologies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sims Foundry Technologies Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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LAEMPE + SIMS COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC154917

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sims Foundry Technologies Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Robert Sims
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mrs Kathleen Sims
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-12-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Binniehill Road
Balloch
Cumbernauld
G68 9AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SIMS, Kathleen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMS, Robert→
director · ~69y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMS, Kathleen→
secretary · resigned 2016-04-06
Resigned
TRAINER, Diane→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-12-14 · resigned 1994-12-14
Resigned
LAEMPE, Joachim→
director · ~77y · resigned 2008-04-15
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1994-12-14 · resigned 1994-12-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25