LOCH LEVENS LARDER LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC636365 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-17

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 6.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	9000	8800

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

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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 (28 events)Click to expand

2025-06-27
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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officers · AP01
2020-12-14
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officers · AP01
2020-12-01
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NIVEN, Emma Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-12-01
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NIVEN, Michael William appointed
director
2020-04-01
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-03-30
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officers · TM01
2020-03-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-19
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NIVEN, Emma Elizabeth resigned
director
2020-02-19
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NIVEN, Michael William resigned
director
2020-02-13
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-08-30
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mortgage · MR01
2019-08-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2019-07-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-07-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-07-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-07-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-07-29
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address · AD01
2019-07-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-07-17
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Company incorporated
As LOCH LEVENS LARDER LTD
2019-07-17
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NIVEN, Robert Arthur appointed
director
2019-07-17
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NIVEN, Emma Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-07-17
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NIVEN, Michael William appointed
director
2019-07-17
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incorporation · NEWINC

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

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

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.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Denmarkfield Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Denmarkfield Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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LOCH LEVENS LARDER LTD

This company · SC636365

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Denmarkfield Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	17/07/2019

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

Incorporated2019-07-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Channel Farm

Kinross

Perth And Kinross

KY13 9HD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-30

Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

NIVEN, Emma Elizabeth→

director · ~56y · appointed 2020-12-01

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NIVEN, Michael William→

director · ~55y · appointed 2020-12-01

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Active

NIVEN, Robert Arthur→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-07-17

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Active

NIVEN, Emma Elizabeth→

director · ~56y · appointed 2019-07-17 · resigned 2020-02-19

Resigned

NIVEN, Michael William→

director · ~55y · appointed 2019-07-17 · resigned 2020-02-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	29/08/2019	—

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