LAURA FLORALS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC666417 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47890SIC 47890
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £1,013
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,369 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£476£953£1k£2k£2kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.2k£2.9k
Current assets£1.1k£1.3k
Net assets£1.0k£2.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-08-08
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2023-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2020-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-07-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LAURA FLORALS LTD
  15. 2020-07-06
    CURRIE, Laura appointed
    director
  16. 2020-07-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Laura Currie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/07/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Andeye Ltdceased 01/08/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-07-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

60 Ladeside
Newmilns
KA16 9BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CURRIE, Laura
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-07-06
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-14
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14