LEGERWOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC450026 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-harvest crop activities
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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
  1. 2025-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-04-30
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-25
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    SCOTT AITON, Joan Margaret resigned
    director
  5. 2025-04-25
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    SCOTT AITON, William Barrie resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2024-04-09
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    capital · SH08
  9. 2024-02-16
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-16
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-28
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  12. 2021-04-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-19
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    capital · SH08
  14. 2020-02-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-28
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-03-31
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    SCOTT AITON, Joanna Frances appointed
    director
  17. 2019-03-14
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    capital · SH02
  18. 2019-03-08
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    capital · SH08
  19. 2019-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As LEGERWOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  21. 2013-05-15
    ➕
    SCOTT AITON, Peter Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2013-05-15
    ➕
    SCOTT AITON, Joan Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2013-05-15
    ➕
    SCOTT AITON, William Barrie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01630 — Post-harvest crop activities

Registered office

Legerwood House
Legerwood
Earlston
Berwickshire
TD4 6AS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT AITON, Joanna Frances→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT AITON, Peter Robert→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT AITON, Joan Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-05-15 · resigned 2025-04-25
Resigned
SCOTT AITON, William Barrie→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-05-15 · resigned 2025-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26