LEAH INTERNATIONAL LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC299642 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-27

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46610SIC 46610
46630SIC 46630

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	300	300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-15
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2019-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-03
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2019-05-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-07-25
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mortgage · MR01
2018-07-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2018-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2010-04-01
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ADAMS, Darran appointed
director
2006-03-27
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Company incorporated
As LEAH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
2006-03-27
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ADAMS, Janet Proud appointed
secretary
2006-03-27
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ADAMS, Janet Proud appointed
director
2006-03-27
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ADAMS, Peter Huie appointed
director
2006-03-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-03-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Huie Adams Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Darran Adams Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Janet Adams Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-03-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

The Haven

Main Road

Crombie

Fife

KY12 8JX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ADAMS, Janet Proud→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-27

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Active

ADAMS, Darran→

director · ~48y · appointed 2010-04-01

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Active

ADAMS, Janet Proud→

director · ~67y · appointed 2006-03-27

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Active

ADAMS, Peter Huie→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-03-27

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	18/07/2018	—

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-22