LALLEYS SCO 005 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC734666 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-06
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£76kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.9k
Current assets£75.6k
Net assets£2.9k
Average employees300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2022-06-16
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-06-16
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-06-16
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-06-16
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-06-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2022-06-16
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  12. 2022-06-16
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  13. 2022-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As LALLEYS SCO 005 LIMITED
  14. 2022-06-06
    LALLEY, Charanveer Singh appointed
    director
  15. 2022-06-06
    LALLEY, Harminder Singh appointed
    director
  16. 2022-06-06
    LALLEY, Charanveer appointed
    director
  17. 2022-06-06
    LALLEY, Charanveer resigned
    director
  18. 2022-06-06
    LALLEY, Harminder appointed
    director
  19. 2022-06-06
    LALLEY, Harminder resigned
    director
  20. 2022-06-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LALLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Lalley's Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lalley's Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
LALLEYS SCO 005 LIMITED
This company · SC734666

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lalley's Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/06/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Harminder Lalleyceased 06/06/2022· significant influence
  • Charanveer Lalleyceased 06/06/2022· significant influence

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
Incorporated2022-06-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

2-8 Fife Road
Greenock
PA16 0PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LALLEY, Charanveer Singh
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-06-06
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Active
LALLEY, Harminder Singh
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-06-06
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Active
LALLEY, Charanveer
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-06-06 · resigned 2022-06-06
Resigned
LALLEY, Harminder
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-06-06 · resigned 2022-06-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-16