LETHAM WOODS LIMITED

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SC183167 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-20
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£1.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02200SIC 02200
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. 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: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
95 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,022,131
Net assets shrinking
Down £41,505 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£697k
↓ 5.9% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£713k
↓ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£213k£425k£638k£851k£1.1mJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£1.02M£1.06M
Current assets£712.9k£752.3k
Cash£696.8k£740.7k
Debtors£16.1k£11.6k
Net assets£1.02M£1.06M

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
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-03
    ➖
    LETHAM, Robert resigned
    director
  3. 2026-04-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-03-24
    ➕
    LETHAM, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2020-03-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-11-29
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2004-06-26
    ➖
    LETHAM, John resigned
    director
  20. 1998-03-04
    ➕
    LETHAM, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-03-04
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-03-04
    ➕
    LETHAM, John appointed
    director
  23. 1998-03-04
    ➕
    LETHAM, Robert appointed
    director
  24. 1998-03-04
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1998-02-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LETHAM WOODS LIMITED
  26. 1998-02-20
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-02-20
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LETHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Lindsays Trustees & Executors Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Lindsays Trustees & Executors Limited
Corporate parent
⬇
LETHAM WOODS LIMITED
This company · SC183167

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

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lindsays Trustees & Executors Limited
Corporate entity
—50–75%50-75% voting · trust interest04/12/2019
Mr Robert Letham
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Robert Letham
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Letham
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Hollowayceased 04/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest

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
Incorporated1998-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

100 Queen Street C/O Lindsays
100 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LETHAM, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-04
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Active
LETHAM, Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2026-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-20 · resigned 1998-03-04
Resigned
LETHAM, John→
director · ~96y · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 2004-06-26
Resigned
LETHAM, Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 2026-04-03
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-02-20 · resigned 1998-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-10