LAMLASH GARAGE HOLDINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC701925 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£400.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £400,010

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£400k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£400.0k
Net assets£400.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
    ➖
    COOK, Benjamin Nicholas Maxwell resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-02-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-12-27
    ➕
    COOK, Jenna appointed
    director
  17. 2021-12-27
    ➕
    THOMSON, John Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2021-12-27
    ➕
    COOK, Benjamin Nicholas Maxwell appointed
    director
  19. 2021-12-21
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2021-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LAMLASH GARAGE HOLDINGS LTD
  21. 2021-06-17
    ➕
    THOMSON, Iain Morrison appointed
    director
  22. 2021-06-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — THOMSON, John Andrew (same surname) appointed 2021-12-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Morrison Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/06/2021

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
Incorporated2021-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Dolls House
Lamlash
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

COOK, Jenna→
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Iain Morrison→
director · ~72y · appointed 2021-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, John Andrew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Benjamin Nicholas Maxwell→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-12-27 · resigned 2026-04-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (20 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-01-10