LH PROJECT LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
SC193460 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-15
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 26.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
19 officers (3 active, 19 linked, 15 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
130 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £196,017
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £196.0k | £431.7k |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-02-20📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2024-12-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-01➕DAKPOE, Prince Yao appointeddirector
- 2024-04-01➖CAVILL, John Ivor resigneddirector
- 2024-01-02📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2023-12-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-14➕DIX, Carl Harvey appointeddirector
- 2023-11-14➖SHELDRAKE, Peter John resigneddirector
- 2023-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-28🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2022-10-28🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2022-10-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-12-02➖GILMOUR, David Fulton resigneddirector
- 2021-12-02➕SHELDRAKE, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-25➕CAVILL, John Ivor appointeddirector
- 2016-01-25➖BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2011-03-04➕GILMOUR, David Fulton appointeddirector
- 2011-03-04➖SAHEB-ZADHA, Faraidon resigneddirector
- 2010-03-05➖CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios resigneddirector
- 2010-03-05➕SAHEB-ZADHA, Faraidon appointeddirector
- 2009-10-14➖RITCHIE, Alan Campbell resigneddirector
- 2009-08-27➕INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-08-27➖LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2009-03-31➕BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2009-03-19➕CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios appointeddirector
- 2009-01-26➖PERKS, John David George resigneddirector
- 2009-01-26➕RITCHIE, Alan Campbell appointeddirector
- 2008-12-31➖ELLIOT, John Christian resigneddirector
- 2007-09-24➖EVE, Raymond Anthony resigneddirector
- 2004-07-06➖SMITH, Martin Timothy resigneddirector
- 2003-05-28➕EVE, Raymond Anthony appointeddirector
- 2003-05-21➖FULTON, John Alexander resigneddirector
- 2002-11-11➖DARLING, Andrew David resigneddirector
- 2002-11-11➕PERKS, John David George appointeddirector
- 2002-11-11➕SMITH, Martin Timothy appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 62 events
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Pfi Infrastructure Finance Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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Pfi Infrastructure Finance Limited
Corporate parent · board control
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LH PROJECT LIMITED
This company · SC193460
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pfi Infrastructure Finance Limited Corporate entity | — | 75–100% | board control75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Bank Of Scotland Branch Nominees Limitedceased 04/10/2022· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
C/O Infrastructure Managers Limited 2nd Floor Drum Suite, Saltire Court
20 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2EN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18
Officers (3 active · 16 resigned)
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAKPOE, Prince Yao→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2024-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DIX, Carl Harvey→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2023-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-15 · resigned 2009-08-27
BRADLEY, Pauline Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 1999-05-25 · resigned 2001-02-05
CAVILL, John Ivor→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-25 · resigned 2024-04-01
CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2010-03-05
DARLING, Andrew David→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2002-11-11
ELLIOT, John Christian→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 1999-05-25 · resigned 2008-12-31
EVE, Raymond Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2007-09-24
FULTON, John Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1999-05-25 · resigned 2003-05-21
GILMOUR, David Fulton→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-04 · resigned 2021-12-02
PERKS, John David George→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2009-01-26
RITCHIE, Alan Campbell→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-01-26 · resigned 2009-10-14
SAHEB-ZADHA, Faraidon→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2010-03-05 · resigned 2011-03-04
SHELDRAKE, Peter John→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2021-12-02 · resigned 2023-11-14
SMITH, Martin Timothy→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2004-07-06
BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2016-01-25
LYCIDAS NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-15 · resigned 1999-05-25
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Assignation | 1 property | 11/06/1999 | 28/10/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 27/05/1999 | 28/10/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 1 property | 25/05/1999 | 28/10/2022 |
Recent filings (130 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-21
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-01-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-22