LINDEN LEA LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC245648 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£40.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02200
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 02400SIC 02400
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (62/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £40,344
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,265 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£40k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £43.7k | £72.8k |
| Current assets | £71.5k | £122.4k |
| Net assets | £40.3k | £58.6k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-07📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-03-30📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2025-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-12📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-04-12📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-04-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-03-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-03-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-03-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-03-25📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-15➕BROGAN, Sharon Jane appointeddirector
- 2017-06-14🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Edward Joseph Brogan
- 2011-03-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2011-03-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-03-14🏢Company incorporatedAs LINDEN LEA LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2003-03-14➕BROGAN, Sharon Jane appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-14➕BROGAN, Edward Joseph appointeddirector
- 2003-03-14➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-14➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Edward Joseph Brogan Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sharon Jane Brogan Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55 | 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHFIELD FARMING LIMITED→ 03525485 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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| JSW ACCESS & TREE SERVICES LIMITED→ 12223460 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| L & S E NIELSEN LIMITED→ 04617024 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| L.C. SMALES & SON LIMITED→ 06788163 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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| LINDISFARNE LUING LIMITED→ 07449519 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| LINDISFARNE OYSTERS LTD→ 08270044 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| LOCHTOWER LIMITED→ SC175634 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02200 — SIC 02200
Registered office
47-49 The Square
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 7HW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BROGAN, Sharon Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-14
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BROGAN, Edward Joseph→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-14
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BROGAN, Sharon Jane→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2018-06-15
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2003-03-14
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Edward Joseph Brogan / Lindenlea Landscaping Retirement Death Benefit Scheme | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/06/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 31/03/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 25/03/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-04-12
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-04-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-04-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-25