LAVENDER HOUSEKEEPING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC799732 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-20
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-28

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-18
    MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Sadiq resigned
    director
  4. 2026-02-18
    MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Usman resigned
    director
  5. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-08-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2025-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2025-02-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2025-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2025-02-07
    MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Abdulrahim resigned
    director
  16. 2025-01-28
    MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Abdulrahim appointed
    director
  17. 2025-01-28
    MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Sadiq appointed
    director
  18. 2025-01-28
    MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Usman appointed
    director
  19. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2024-08-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  23. 2024-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2024-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  25. 2024-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2024-08-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  27. 2024-02-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LAVENDER HOUSEKEEPING LTD
  28. 2024-02-20
    MUHAMMAD SOKOTO, Umar Ahmad appointed
    director
  29. 2024-02-20
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    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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Sadiq resigned 2026-02-18; MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Usman resigned 2026-02-18

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Umar Ahmad Muhammad Sokoto
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 06/2001 · age 25
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services

Registered office

86 Broad Street
Glasgow
City Of Glasgow
G40 2BA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MUHAMMAD SOKOTO, Umar Ahmad
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-02-20
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Active
MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Abdulrahim
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-01-28 · resigned 2025-02-07
Resigned
MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Sadiq
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-01-28 · resigned 2026-02-18
Resigned
MUHAMMAD-SOKOTO, Usman
director · ~23y · appointed 2025-01-28 · resigned 2026-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-28