L & L WELL SERVICES LTD

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SC396752 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-31

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£81.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £81,676

Cash draining

Cash down 72% YoY

Cash YoY

-72%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 72% YoY

Net Worth

£82k

↑ 7.8% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£81.7k	£75.8k
Current assets	£4.6k	—
Cash	£4.0k	£14.6k
Debtors	£550	—
Net assets	£81.7k	£75.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-08-12
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2024-07-03
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2023-08-10
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accounts · AA
2022-09-07
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accounts · AA
2021-09-07
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accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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officers · CH01
2021-08-31
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officers · CH03
2021-08-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-08-19
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accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2018-04-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-10-24
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accounts · AA
2016-08-08
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accounts · AA
2016-04-18
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2013-04-06
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FERRETT, Amanda Marie appointed
director
2011-03-31
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Company incorporated
As L & L WELL SERVICES LTD
2011-03-31
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FERRETT, Amanda Marie appointed
secretary
2011-03-31
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FERRETT, Andrew Scott appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Amanda Marie Ferrett Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/03/2017
Mr Andrew Scott Ferrett Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	31/03/2018

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

Incorporated2011-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd

Traill Drive

Montrose

Angus

DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FERRETT, Amanda Marie→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-31

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Active

FERRETT, Amanda Marie→

director · ~50y · appointed 2013-04-06

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Active

FERRETT, Andrew Scott→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-03-31

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Recent filings (36 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-08-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-10

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-03

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-10

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-07

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-08-31

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2021-08-31

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-08-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-10-30