LEATHAN TAXIS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC519285 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-02
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees800900

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2016-09-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2015-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As LEATHAN TAXIS LIMITED
  16. 2015-11-02
    ➕
    URQUHART, Ann appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-11-02
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    URQUHART, Fred appointed
    director
  18. 2015-11-02
    ➕
    URQUHART, Glen appointed
    director
  19. 2015-11-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Leathan Prestige Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Leathan Prestige Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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LEATHAN TAXIS LIMITED
This company · SC519285

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Leathan Prestige Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

68 Morningside Road
Aberdeen
AB10 7NT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

URQUHART, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-02
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Active
URQUHART, Fred→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-11-02
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Active
URQUHART, Glen→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-11-02
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-31