LEROCK LTD

⚰️Wound downliquidation
SC752979 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-13
Investment thesis
Company liquidation — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
Why now
Window steady · high confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Lifecycle stage: zombie → wound-down
  • · Investment thesis: zombie_hold → unclassified
  • · Company status: active → liquidation
  • · Opportunity score: 71 → 47
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 5 recent signals weakening vs 1 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 5 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Lifecycle stage: zombiewound-down
  • ·Investment thesis: zombie_holdunclassified
  • Company status: activeliquidation
  • Deal-killer verdict: workablenot-transactable
  • Opportunity score: 7147
  • +4 more
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£509.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
47/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 47/100 (watch), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company in liquidation. Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
47/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
0
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £509,891
Cash YoY
+27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£617k
↑ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£510k
↑ 292% YoY
Current Assets
£952k
Current Liabilities
£0£190k£381k£571k£762k£952kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£509.9k£130.0k
Current assets£952.4k
Cash£616.6k£485.6k
Debtors£335.8k
Net assets£509.9k£130.0k

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

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1 signal 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
1
filing
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2025-08-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LEROCK LTD
  5. 2022-12-13
    LEIGH, Christopher Charles appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 high ·
Company in liquidation
high

Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Charles Leigh
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/12/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusliquidation
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Shelbourne House
Durris
Banchory
AB31 6BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LEIGH, Christopher Charles
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-12-13
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Recent filings (7 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-13