LIVINGSTON INN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC456856 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£458.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £458,237

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£458k
Current Assets
£768k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-28
Total assets£525.7k
Current assets£768.1k
Cash£2.3k
Debtors£755.8k
Net assets£458.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2021-07-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-04
    ➕
    BROWN, Thomas Michael appointed
    director
  17. 2019-06-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-06-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-04-04
    ➖
    BROWN, Thomas resigned
    director
  20. 2016-06-08
    ➕
    BROWN, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2015-06-30
    ➖
    AITKEN, Sarah resigned
    director
  22. 2013-11-13
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2013-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LIVINGSTON INN LIMITED
  24. 2013-08-15
    ➕
    AITKEN, Sarah appointed
    director
  25. 2013-08-15
    ➕
    BROWN, Thomas 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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Louise Brown
Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
75–100%
—75-100% shares04/04/2019
Mr Thomas Michael Brown
Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-08-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

N&J House
Quarrywood Court
Livingston
EH54 6AX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-28
Last made up to: 2024-08-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Sarah Louise→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Thomas Michael→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AITKEN, Sarah→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-08-15 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned
BROWN, Thomas→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-08-15 · resigned 2019-04-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property13/11/2013—
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Recent filings (45 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-30