LAGAVULIN FACILITIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC462486 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-29
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-25
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    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  8. 2021-06-22
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  9. 2021-04-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-11-20
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    GRIER, Frieda appointed
    director
  17. 2013-11-20
    ➕
    GRIER, Scott appointed
    director
  18. 2013-11-20
    ➖
    SLEIGH, Andrew Falconer resigned
    director
  19. 2013-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As LAGAVULIN FACILITIES LIMITED
  20. 2013-10-29
    ➕
    SLEIGH, Andrew Falconer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Grier
Individual · British · DOB 03/1941 · age 85
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

48 St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GRIER, Frieda→
director · ~83y · appointed 2013-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIER, Scott→
director · ~85y · appointed 2013-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SLEIGH, Andrew Falconer→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-10-29 · resigned 2013-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2022-03-25
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2021-06-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-04-06