LINEAR QUARRY PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC185200 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-21

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

22 officers (5 active, 22 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
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RAIA, Jennifer appointed
director
2025-10-01
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BUTTON, Ruth Sarah resigned
director
2024-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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BUTTON, Ruth Sarah appointed
director
2022-09-30
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WOOD, Richard John resigned
director
2022-08-24
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-08-19
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-08-18
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change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2022-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-09
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CHOULES, Michael John resigned
director
2021-04-09
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WOOD, Richard John appointed
director
2020-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-08-31
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TARMAC DIRECTORS (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2016-03-15
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PENHALLURICK, Fiona Puleston resigned
director
2015-08-27
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PENHALLURICK, Fiona Puleston appointed
director
2015-08-27
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LAFARGE TARMAC DIRECTORS (UK) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2014-09-12
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TARMAC SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-09-12
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NORRIS, Charles Fraser resigned
secretary
2014-09-12
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CHOULES, Michael John appointed
director
2014-09-12
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DI DUCA, Roy Giovanni Battista resigned
director
2014-09-12
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LAFARGE TARMAC DIRECTORS (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-12-14
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NORRIS, Charles Fraser appointed
secretary
2004-12-14
➖
REYNOLDS, Christopher Gordon resigned
secretary
2004-12-14
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SHEPPARD, Alan George resigned
director
2004-09-30
➖
ANSON, Steve resigned
director
2004-03-01
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ANSON, Steve appointed
director
2001-10-05
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NORRIS, Charles Fraser resigned
secretary
2001-10-05
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REYNOLDS, Christopher Gordon appointed
secretary
2001-08-23
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LAWLESS, Peter appointed
director
2001-08-23
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HILLHOUSE, John Anderson Steel resigned
director
2001-07-20
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BARRITT, John Christopher resigned
director
2001-07-20
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SHEPPARD, Alan George appointed
director
2000-12-07
➕
BARRITT, John Christopher appointed
director
2000-12-07
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DI DUCA, Roy Giovanni Battista appointed
director
2000-12-07
➖
MATTHEWS, Ian resigned
director
1999-06-30
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JAMIESON, James Robert Brown resigned
director
1998-07-14
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LAWLESS, Stephen appointed
director
1998-07-14
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NORRIS, Charles Fraser appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️

Peter Lawless Road Planing Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

🏛️

Tarmac Trading Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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LINEAR QUARRY PRODUCTS LIMITED

This company · SC185200

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Peter Lawless Road Planing Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Tarmac Trading Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Dunbar Plant

Dunbar

East Lothian

EH42 1SL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01