L & M LAMONT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC653810 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£219.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £219,824

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£220k
↑ 93% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£88k£132k£176k£220kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Net assets£219.8k£113.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-10-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-10-22
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-10-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-10-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-09-25
    ➕
    EDGELY, Peter appointed
    director
  9. 2025-09-25
    ➕
    LAMONT, Michael William Macleod appointed
    director
  10. 2024-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2020-02-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As L & M LAMONT LIMITED
  16. 2020-02-07
    ➕
    EDGELY, Joyce appointed
    director
  17. 2020-02-07
    ➕
    LAMONT, Lorna appointed
    director
  18. 2020-02-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAMONT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Edgely
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/09/2025
Mrs Joyce Edgely
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/02/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Lorna Lamontceased 25/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2020-02-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

Roalin Pharmacy
122 Penicuik Road
Roslin
EH25 9NT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

EDGELY, Joyce→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-02-07
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Active
EDGELY, Peter→
director · ~73y · appointed 2025-09-25
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Active
LAMONT, Lorna→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-02-07
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Active
LAMONT, Michael William Macleod→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-09-25
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15