GARVOCK SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC244246 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82110Combined office administrative service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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  2. 2025-03-24
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  3. 2024-03-24
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  4. 2023-03-12
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  5. 2022-03-22
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  6. 2022-02-24
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  7. 2021-06-23
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  8. 2020-03-27
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  9. 2019-03-25
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  10. 2019-03-20
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    WEBSTER, Pamela appointed
    director
  11. 2019-03-20
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-02-26
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-02-26
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  14. 2018-04-05
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  15. 2017-04-06
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  16. 2016-01-12
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    WEBSTER, Alistair Stewart resigned
    director
  17. 2015-10-01
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    WEBSTER, Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 2013-01-01
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    WEBSTER, Isabella appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-12-31
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    MURRAY, Keith resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-12-31
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    MURRAY, Keith resigned
    director
  21. 2003-11-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2003-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As GARVOCK SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, Keith appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-02-20
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, Keith appointed
    director
  27. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    WEBSTER, Alistair Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Webster
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2003-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Albany Works
Gardeners Street
Dunfermline
KY12 0RN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WEBSTER, Isabella→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-01
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Active
WEBSTER, Christopher→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-10-01
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Active
WEBSTER, Pamela→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-03-20
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Active
MURRAY, Keith→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2003-02-20
Resigned
MURRAY, Keith→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
WEBSTER, Alistair Stewart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2016-01-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property24/11/2003—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-27