LMA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09753369 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-28
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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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-13
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  3. 2023-05-26
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  4. 2022-06-16
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-06-16
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-09-10
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    ALEXANDER, Michael appointed
    director
  10. 2020-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-10
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  13. 2019-10-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-18
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-01-07
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2016-11-04
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    ALEXANDER, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2015-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As LMA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2015-08-28
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    ALEXANDER, Lana Maxine appointed
    director
  21. 2015-08-28
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    ALEXANDER, Michael appointed
    director

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 age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lana Maxine Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Alexanderceased 04/11/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Old Granary
Whiteleys Farm
Lifton
Devon
PL16 0HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Lana Maxine→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-08-28
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Active
ALEXANDER, Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2020-09-10
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Active
ALEXANDER, Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-08-28 · resigned 2016-11-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03