VANDOM LCV LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC861259 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-02
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 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
8 filings
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
    MORSON, Nicholas Jon resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-30
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-20
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2026-03-10
    SEDDON, Gina appointed
    director
  6. 2026-03-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2026-02-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2026-02-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2026-02-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-09-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VANDOM LCV LTD
  11. 2025-09-02
    MORSON, Nicholas Jon appointed
    director
  12. 2025-09-02
    📄
    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 0.8 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gina Seddon
Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nicholas Jon Morsonceased 11/03/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2025-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Unit 1 Irongray Rd
Dumfries
DG2 0HS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last:

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SEDDON, Gina
director · ~43y · appointed 2026-03-10
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Active
MORSON, Nicholas Jon
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-09-02 · resigned 2026-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-02