LAVERDALE (UK) LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC166026 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-03

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£59.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £59,100

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£59k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£59.1k	£59.1k	£59.1k
Net assets	£59.1k	£59.1k	£59.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-27
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gazette · DISS40
2026-05-26
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gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-21
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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accounts · AA
2019-07-02
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address · AD01
2019-02-25
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accounts · AA
2018-01-10
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accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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accounts · AA
2016-06-22
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annual-return · AR01
2016-06-22
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address · AD01
2016-06-22
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address · AD01
2009-09-24
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LAWRIE, Ian Taylor resigned
secretary
1996-06-10
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WATSON, John Knox appointed
director
1996-06-10
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LAWRIE, Ian Taylor appointed
secretary
1996-06-10
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-06-10
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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1996-06-03
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Company incorporated
As LAVERDALE (UK) LTD.
1996-06-03
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-06-03
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 John Knox Watson Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated1996-06-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Cockrigg Cottage

Glenbrook

Balerno

EH14 7JE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-17

Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WATSON, John Knox→

director · ~65y · appointed 1996-06-10

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Active

LAWRIE, Ian Taylor→

secretary · appointed 1996-06-10 · resigned 2009-09-24

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-03 · resigned 1996-06-10

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-03 · resigned 1996-06-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

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gazette · DISS40

2026-05-27

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gazette · GAZ1

2026-05-26