ALANNIE CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC260825 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-15
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-13
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2021-01-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-09
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  14. 2015-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALANNIE CONSULTING LIMITED
  17. 2003-12-15
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    GIBSON, Alan Ross appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-12-15
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    GIBSON, Alan Ross appointed
    director
  19. 2003-12-15
    ➕
    GIBSON, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2003-12-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-12-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-12-15
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-12-15
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Ross Gibson
Individual · English · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/12/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

St Blanes House
1 Castle
New Cumnock
KA18 4AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GIBSON, Alan Ross→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-15
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Active
GIBSON, Alan Ross→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-12-15
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Active
GIBSON, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-12-15
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-15 · resigned 2003-12-15
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-15 · resigned 2003-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-01-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16