LAKINI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC342341 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-02
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-11-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-11-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-11-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-11-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-01
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    LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie resigned
    director
  18. 2018-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-03-05
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie appointed
    director
  20. 2018-03-05
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As LAKINI LIMITED
  22. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Neil Douglas appointed
    director
  24. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-05-02
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2008-05-02
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kathleen Maisie Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/03/2018
Mr Neil Douglas Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-05-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Abercairney Cottage
Abercairney
Crieff
PH7 3NG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINDSAY, Neil Douglas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-02 · resigned 2008-05-02
Resigned
LINDSAY, Kathleen Maisie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-03-05 · resigned 2018-11-01
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-05-02 · resigned 2008-05-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09