GORDON TRADING COMPANY LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive

SC069971 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1979-11-15

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46440

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46499Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
46740SIC 46740
47520Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

34 officers (5 active, 34 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

139 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2026-01-01
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officers · CH01
2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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officers · AP01
2024-12-31
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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ROBB, Nicola appointed
director
2024-12-20
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ROBERTSON, Bruce Macleod resigned
director
2023-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-15
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OGILVIE, Andrew Stephen resigned
director
2022-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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officers · TM01
2021-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
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officers · TM02
2021-01-25
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officers · AP03
2021-01-24
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SKINNER, Stuart appointed
secretary
2021-01-24
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ROBB, John William resigned
secretary
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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ROBB, John William resigned
director
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-27
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accounts · AA
2016-09-17
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BEEDIE, Leslie James resigned
director
2012-06-06
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ROBERTSON, Bruce Macleod appointed
director
2009-05-26
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BRENNAN, Sheena appointed
director
2009-05-26
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BADDON, David Howard resigned
director
2009-05-26
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BROUGH, David Manson resigned
director
2009-05-26
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CHANDLER, Robert Tait resigned
director
2009-05-26
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OGILVIE, Andrew Stephen appointed
director
2009-05-26
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WILSON, Peter Ainsley resigned
director
2007-08-28
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BADDON, David Howard appointed
director
2007-02-14
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WEST, Charles Alexander appointed
director
2007-02-14
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ALLISON, Andrew David resigned
director
2007-02-14
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BEEDIE, Leslie James appointed
director
2007-02-14
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MITCHELL, Alan Norman resigned
director
2007-02-14
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TUREK, Paul Alexander resigned
director
2005-03-31
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GRANT, David William resigned
director
2004-10-20
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BROUGH, David Manson appointed
director
2003-10-09
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MACLEOD, Violet Janet resigned
director
2003-10-09
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MITCHELL, Alan Norman appointed
director
2002-09-19
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BELL, William Brewster resigned
director
2002-09-19
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CHANDLER, Robert Tait appointed
director
2001-09-11
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GORDON, Allan Russell resigned
secretary
2001-09-11
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ROBB, John William appointed
secretary
2001-09-11
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GORDON, Allan Russell resigned
director
2001-09-11
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LYALL, Barry resigned
director
2001-09-11
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ROBB, John William appointed
director
2000-10-18
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BADDON, Michael George resigned
director
2000-10-18
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FORBES, Frederick George resigned
director
2000-10-18
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GRANT, David William appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 71 events

Owner dependency

65/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1979-11-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46440 — SIC 46440

Registered office

3 High Street

Kinross

Perth & Kinross

KY13 8AW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20