LIVN GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC230074 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees—100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2025-04-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-22
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-04-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-01-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-04-19
    ➕
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2002-04-19
    ➕
    CONNACHAN, Stephen Edward appointed
    director
  18. 2002-04-19
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-04-19
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2002-04-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LIVN GROUP LIMITED
  21. 2002-04-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-04-08
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Stephen Edward Connachan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16290 — SIC 16290

Registered office

St Vincent Plaza, 319 St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5RZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONNACHAN, Stephen Edward→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2002-04-19
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2002-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-04-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-19