ALEX LAURISTON INDUSTRIAL & GARAGE DOORS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC372000 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
54/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 54/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
54/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2023Mar 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-312023-03-31
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-04-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-10
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  13. 2021-02-10
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2020-09-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-09-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2020-09-11
    LAURISTON, Lynn resigned
    director
  17. 2019-09-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-02
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-05-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2019-05-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2018-05-30
    LAURISTON, Alex resigned
    director
  22. 2018-05-23
    LAURISTON, Alexander Gillespie appointed
    director
  23. 2018-05-23
    LAURISTON, Lynn appointed
    director
  24. 2010-01-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALEX LAURISTON INDUSTRIAL & GARAGE DOORS LTD
  25. 2010-01-29
    LAURISTON, Alex appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 "LAURISTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-12

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Gillespie Lauriston
Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/05/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Lynn Lauristonceased 11/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Alex Lauristonceased 30/05/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2010-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Alex Lauriston Industrial & Garage Doors Ltd
Shore Street
Lossiemouth
IV31 6PB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-12OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-29

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LAURISTON, Alexander Gillespie
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-05-23
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Active
LAURISTON, Alex
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-01-29 · resigned 2018-05-30
Resigned
LAURISTON, Lynn
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-05-23 · resigned 2020-09-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-23