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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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

—

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2021-06-22
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gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2021-04-06
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-11-20
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GRIER, Frieda appointed
director
2013-11-20
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GRIER, Scott appointed
director
2013-11-20
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SLEIGH, Andrew Falconer resigned
director
2013-10-29
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Company incorporated
As LAGAVULIN FACILITIES LIMITED
2013-10-29
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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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott Grier Individual · British · DOB 03/1941 · age 85	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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7 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

Incorporated2013-10-29

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

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (39 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-10

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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

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restoration · RT01

2022-03-25

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gazette · GAZ2

2021-06-22

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2021-04-06