LANDSCAPE & FORESTRY SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LTD.
💤Zombieactive
SC373507 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£50.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (79/100)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, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £50,449
Cash YoY
+51%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£30k
↑ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 468% YoY
Current Assets
£186k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £228.8k | £275.9k |
| Current assets | £186.2k | £147.9k |
| Cash | £30.3k | £20.0k |
| Debtors | £125.9k | £87.9k |
| Net assets | £50.4k | £8.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs LANDSCAPE & FORESTRY SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LTD.
- 2010-02-23➕DEAS, Donna appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-23➕DEAS, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23➕TRAINER, Peter appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-23➖TRAINER, Peter resignedsecretary
- 2010-02-23➕MCINTOSH, Susan appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23➖MCINTOSH, Susan resigneddirector
- 2010-02-23➕TRAINER, Peter appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23➖TRAINER, Peter resigneddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Stephen Deas Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 23/02/2017 |
Mrs Donna Deas Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 22/01/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
23 Muirdyke Avenue
Carronshore
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 8AW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
DEAS, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TRAINER, Peter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23
MCINTOSH, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23
TRAINER, Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14