LADBROOK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC166478 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-24
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 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£89.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 21.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.7 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £89,902
Net assets shrinking
Down £575 YoY
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Net Worth
£90k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£95k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£57k£77k£96kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£89.9k£90.5k
Current assets£95.1k£95.7k
Cash£13.8k£14.4k
Debtors£81.3k£81.3k
Net assets£89.9k£90.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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  2. 2025-06-03
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  3. 2024-02-21
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  4. 2023-03-17
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  5. 2022-01-26
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  6. 2021-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-24
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  8. 2020-06-23
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    LADBROOK, Sheila Margaret appointed
    director
  9. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-07
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  11. 2019-01-21
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  12. 2019-01-21
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  13. 2018-06-20
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  14. 2017-07-13
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  15. 2017-05-09
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  16. 2017-01-06
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  17. 2016-10-10
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  18. 2004-09-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 1996-06-24
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    Company incorporated
    As LADBROOK LIMITED
  20. 1996-06-24
    ➕
    LADBROOK, Sheila Margaret appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-06-24
    ➕
    LADBROOK, Eric Raymond Mckenzie appointed
    director
  22. 1996-06-24
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-06-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-06-24
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1996-06-24
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1996-06-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1996-06-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +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 "LADBROOK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eric Raymond Mckenzie Ladbrook
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/01/2019
Mrs Sheila Margaret Ladbrook
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2017

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
Incorporated1996-06-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Cruickshank Park
Hillside
Montrose
Angus
DD10 9NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LADBROOK, Sheila Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LADBROOK, Eric Raymond Mckenzie→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-06-24
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Active
LADBROOK, Sheila Margaret→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-06-23
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-24 · resigned 1996-06-24
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-24 · resigned 1996-06-24
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-24 · resigned 1996-06-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property17/09/2004—
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Recent filings (77 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03