ANDREW LYNCH ANTIQUES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC367671 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-29

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47890

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30	2023-11-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-08-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-10
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-01-18
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-08-15
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GRAY-LYNCH, Giga appointed
secretary
2009-10-29
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW LYNCH ANTIQUES LIMITED
2009-10-29
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LYNCH, Andrew appointed
director

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LYNCH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Giga Gray-Lynch Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest	15/08/2016
Mr Andrew Lynch Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2009-10-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47890 — SIC 47890

Registered office

7 Maunsheugh Road

Fenkwick

Kilmarnock

KA3 6AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRAY-LYNCH, Giga→

secretary · appointed 2016-08-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LYNCH, Andrew→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-10-29

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-02

legacy

miscellaneous · RP01PSC01

2026-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-08-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-14

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-07-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-29

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-08-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-01

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2022-02-10