LLAFRANC PROPERTIES LIMITED

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SC213190 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-24
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£765.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 25.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £765,771
Cash YoY
+50%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24k
↑ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£766k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£386k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£153k£306k£459k£613k£766kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1.17M£1.14M
Current assets£386.2k£383.6k
Cash£23.9k£16.0k
Debtors£362.3k£367.7k
Net assets£765.8k£735.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
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  3. 2024-02-01
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  4. 2023-09-29
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  5. 2023-08-30
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    Charge satisfied #3
  7. 2022-06-10
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  8. 2021-09-28
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  9. 2020-11-26
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  10. 2019-09-27
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  11. 2018-06-19
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  12. 2017-09-11
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  13. 2016-09-07
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  14. 2015-12-29
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  15. 2015-02-27
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  16. 2014-12-03
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  17. 2009-04-02
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    CAMPBELL, Alan Cadzow resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-04-02
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    CAMPBELL, Alan Cadzow resigned
    director
  19. 2009-03-03
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    MITCHELL, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-12-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2001-01-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2001-01-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2000-12-05
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    LITTLEJOHN, Simon Howard appointed
    director
  24. 2000-12-05
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    CAMPBELL, Alan Cadzow appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-12-05
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-12-05
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    CAMPBELL, Alan Cadzow appointed
    director
  27. 2000-12-05
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2000-11-24
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    Company incorporated
    As LLAFRANC PROPERTIES LIMITED
  29. 2000-11-24
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-11-24
    ➕
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Howard Littlejohn
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2000-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Unit 9
Rfl House, Anderson Street
Dunblane
Stirlingshire
FK15 6AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MITCHELL, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LITTLEJOHN, Simon Howard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Alan Cadzow→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-05 · resigned 2009-04-02
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2000-12-05
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Alan Cadzow→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-12-05 · resigned 2009-04-02
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2000-12-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/12/200230/08/2023
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/01/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/01/2001—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-10