LANDSCAPE & GROUND MAINTENANCE SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC347605 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-26
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£166.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £165,974

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£247k
Net Worth
£166k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£268k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£54k£107k£161k£214k£268kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£328.6k£295.7k
Current assets£268.1k£225.7k
Cash£246.5k—
Debtors£21.1k—
Net assets£166.0k£136.2k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-12-23
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    NOON, Joseph appointed
    director
  7. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-08-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-08-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2017-08-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2008-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As LANDSCAPE & GROUND MAINTENANCE SERVICES LTD.
  19. 2008-08-26
    ➕
    WELSH, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-08-26
    ➕
    WELSH, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2008-08-26
    ➕
    WELSH, Patrick appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-26
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-08-26
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-08-26
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-08-26
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carol Ann Welsh
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Patrick Welsh
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

THE COOPER BUILDING
505 Great Western Road
Glasgow
G12 8HN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WELSH, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOON, Joseph→
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-12-23
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Active
WELSH, Carol Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-08-26
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Active
WELSH, Patrick→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-26 · resigned 2008-08-26
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-26 · resigned 2008-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-08