LUATH PROPERTIES LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £18.4k |
| Current assets | £1.04M |
| Cash | £1.04M |
| Debtors | £1 |
| Net assets | £18.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-22➖WATERSON, Josephine resigneddirector
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-19✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2019-02-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-02-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2013-01-23➖WATERSON, John resigneddirector
- 2002-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs LUATH PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, Paul Davide Coia appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, Paul Davide Coia appointeddirector
- 2002-04-18➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-04-18➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, John appointeddirector
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, Josephine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
Jean Armour Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Armour Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/02/2019 |
Mr Paul Davide Coia Waterson Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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