LHANBRYDE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC217075 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-21

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£579.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £579,238

Cash YoY

+317%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

↑ 317% YoY

Net Worth

£579k

↑ 61% YoY

Current Assets

£664k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£579.2k	£360.8k
Current assets	£663.5k	£502.9k
Cash	£15.4k	£3.7k
Debtors	£648.1k	£499.2k
Net assets	£579.2k	£360.7k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-07-21
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2024-12-10
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accounts · AA
2023-10-23
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2022-10-13
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2021-12-15
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2020-09-22
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2019-12-16
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2018-11-19
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2017-12-20
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accounts · AA
2017-12-19
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AVERY, Euan James resigned
director
2017-12-19
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officers · TM01
2016-10-06
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accounts · AA
2016-08-09
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officers · AP01
2016-08-05
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AVERY, Euan James appointed
director
2016-03-30
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-29
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accounts · AA
2015-03-22
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annual-return · AR01
2013-06-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2008-06-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-05-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2001-03-21
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Company incorporated
As LHANBRYDE SERVICES LIMITED
2001-03-21
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AVERY, Lesley Rachel appointed
secretary
2001-03-21
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AVERY, Stephen John appointed
director
2001-03-21
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ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-21
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ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-03-21
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ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-03-21
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ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen John Avery Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-03-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

32c Kenilworth Road

Bridge Of Allan

Stirling

Stirlingshire

FK9 4EH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

AVERY, Lesley Rachel→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-21

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Active

AVERY, Stephen John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2001-03-21

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Active

ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-21 · resigned 2001-03-21

Resigned

AVERY, Euan James→

director · ~41y · appointed 2016-08-05 · resigned 2017-12-19

Resigned

ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-21 · resigned 2001-03-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	13/06/2008	12/06/2013
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	15/05/2008	—

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