LEAN SIGMA SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC252606 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-10
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (76/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees100200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-02-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-01-14
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    WELLINGTON, Keith Brunton resigned
    director
  8. 2023-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-29
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  10. 2021-02-05
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  11. 2020-03-16
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  12. 2019-04-24
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  13. 2018-04-19
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  14. 2017-04-27
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  15. 2016-04-06
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  16. 2015-07-14
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  17. 2003-07-15
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    LOW, Irene Anderson appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-07-15
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    LOW, Irene Anderson appointed
    director
  19. 2003-07-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    WELLINGTON, Keith Brunton appointed
    director
  21. 2003-07-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2003-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As LEAN SIGMA SOLUTIONS LTD
  23. 2003-07-10
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-07-10
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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 23 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 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

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
Ms Irene Anderson Low
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Keith Brunton Wellingtonceased 31/07/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Balgove Steading
Craig
Montrose
Angus
DD10 9TB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LOW, Irene Anderson→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOW, Irene Anderson→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-07-15
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2003-07-15
Resigned
WELLINGTON, Keith Brunton→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2024-01-14
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2003-07-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13