YOUR LANDSCAPING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC516049 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-22
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£2.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,982
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,246 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£11kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£2.0k£4.2k
Current assets£5.9k£11.4k
Net assets£2.0k£4.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-22
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  3. 2023-11-15
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  4. 2023-05-17
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  5. 2023-05-16
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  6. 2023-05-16
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  7. 2023-05-16
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-16
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  9. 2023-01-26
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  10. 2022-10-03
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-10-03
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  12. 2022-10-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-05
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  16. 2020-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-17
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  18. 2018-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As YOUR LANDSCAPING LIMITED
  20. 2015-09-22
    TORODE, Anna appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-22
    TORODE, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

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.
  • 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
Paul Torode
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Grianan 1 Balnatua
Culbokie
Dingwall
Ross-Shire
IV7 8JQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TORODE, Anna
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-09-22
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TORODE, Paul
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-09-22
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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-03