LAMB HOLM ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC516508 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£411.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £411,817
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£394k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£412k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£508k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£102k£203k£305k£406k£508kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£416.8k£339.3k
Current assets£507.7k£413.5k
Cash£393.6k£311.1k
Debtors£114.2k£102.3k
Net assets£411.8k£335.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-10-01
    ➕
    BENNETT, Adele Christine Sinclair appointed
    director
  6. 2024-10-01
    ➕
    SUMMERS, Louise Jayne appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-30
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  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-19
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    capital · SH10
  15. 2017-09-19
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    capital · SH08
  16. 2017-09-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As LAMB HOLM ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  19. 2015-09-25
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Christine appointed
    director
  20. 2015-09-25
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Thomas Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Thomas Robert Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Christine Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
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
Incorporated2015-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

Tighsith
Holm
Orkney
KW17 2RX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BENNETT, Adele Christine Sinclair→
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-10-01
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Active
SINCLAIR, Christine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-09-25
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Active
SINCLAIR, Thomas Robert→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-09-25
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Active
SUMMERS, Louise Jayne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-10-01
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-30