LAMARSH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03810458 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
25 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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  2. 2024-07-24
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-07-18
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-08-03
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  7. 2019-09-13
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  8. 2018-09-06
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  9. 2017-07-28
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  10. 2016-06-09
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  11. 2015-08-11
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2015-08-08
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    KINGERLEE, Jonathan Charles resigned
    director
  13. 2015-08-06
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  14. 2015-08-06
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  15. 2014-08-11
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  16. 2014-08-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-09-07
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    ANDERSON, David Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2000-09-19
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    BRIDGFORD, Julie Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-09-19
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    CASELEY, Hugh Munro Bater appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-19
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    KINGERLEE, David Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2000-09-19
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    PEARCE, Philip Martin appointed
    director
  22. 2000-09-19
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    WILSDON, Richard John appointed
    director
  23. 2000-09-19
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    RAINER, John Hogo resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-09-19
    ➕
    ANDERSON, David Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2000-09-19
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    KINGERLEE, Jonathan Charles appointed
    director
  26. 2000-09-19
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    SEATON, Stuart Neil resigned
    director
  27. 1999-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As LAMARSH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  28. 1999-07-15
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    RAINER, John Hogo appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-07-15
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    SEATON, Stuart Neil appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Kingerlee Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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Kimberley Developments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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LAMARSH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
This company · 03810458

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kingerlee Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Kimberley Developments Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

33 St James's Street
London
SW1A 1HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

BRIDGFORD, Julie Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASELEY, Hugh Munro Bater→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINGERLEE, David Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Philip Martin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSDON, Richard John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAINER, John Hogo→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-15 · resigned 2000-09-19
Resigned
ANDERSON, David Michael→
director · ~86y · appointed 2000-09-19 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned
KINGERLEE, Jonathan Charles→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-09-19 · resigned 2015-08-08
Resigned
SEATON, Stuart Neil→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-07-15 · resigned 2000-09-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2025-07-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
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accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-06