LOUDONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC382683 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-27
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£286.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £286,466
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£356k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£286k
↑ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£92k£184k£275k£367k£459kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£356.0k£459.1k
Net assets£286.5k£283.6k

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

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-06
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    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2023-07-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  14. 2018-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-11-22
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    LOUDON, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  16. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-01
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2018-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2014-09-17
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    HUMPHREY, Douglas Ashton appointed
    director
  22. 2010-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As LOUDONS LIMITED
  23. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    HUMPHREY, Paulene appointed
    director
  24. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    HUMPHREY, Peter Ashton appointed
    director
  25. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    LOUDON, Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    LOUDON, Nicholas John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LOUDON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas John Loudon
Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79
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
Incorporated2010-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

11 Newlandrig
Gorebridge
Midlothian
EH23 4NS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HUMPHREY, Douglas Ashton→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREY, Paulene→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREY, Peter Ashton→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOUDON, Christopher→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOUDON, Nicholas John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-07-27 · resigned 2018-11-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—05/02/201906/07/2023

Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-31