LARGESSE CORPORATE GIFTS (2007) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC315188 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-23

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46342SIC 46342
58190Other publishing activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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2025-04-22
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2024-04-30
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2023-04-27
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2022-04-27
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2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2020-04-27
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2019-04-30
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accounts · AA
2018-04-27
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accounts · AA
2017-05-06
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accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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2017-02-27
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2017-01-31
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2017-01-31
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-18
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BROWN, Donald Stuart appointed
secretary
2014-12-18
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BROWN, Donald Stuart appointed
director
2014-12-18
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BROWN, Gordon Stuart resigned
secretary
2014-12-18
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BROWN, Gordon Stuart resigned
director
2014-03-22
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BROWN, Norma Fraser resigned
director
2007-01-23
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Company incorporated
As LARGESSE CORPORATE GIFTS (2007) LIMITED
2007-01-23
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BROWN, Gordon Stuart appointed
secretary
2007-01-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-23
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BROWN, Gordon Stuart appointed
director
2007-01-23
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BROWN, Norma Fraser appointed
director
2007-01-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Donald Stuart Brown Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

Unit 3

Whin Park Industrial Estate

Cockenzie

East Lothian

EH32 9SF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BROWN, Donald Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2014-12-18

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Active

BROWN, Donald Stuart→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-12-18

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Active

BROWN, Gordon Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2014-12-18

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-23

Resigned

BROWN, Gordon Stuart→

director · ~95y · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2014-12-18

Resigned

BROWN, Norma Fraser→

director · ~93y · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2014-03-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-23

Resigned

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