GARDEN OPTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC278837 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees800800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-10-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-05-20
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Hamish appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-05-20
    ➖
    FOX FLEMING LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-11-01
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    HENDERSON, Kate Rebecca appointed
    director
  20. 2007-05-31
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Gordon Edward resigned
    director
  21. 2006-11-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2005-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As GARDEN OPTIONS LIMITED
  23. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Hamish Andrew David appointed
    director
  24. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    FOX FLEMING LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2005-01-25
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Gordon Edward appointed
    director
  28. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2005-01-25
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kate Rebecca Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/04/2024
Mr Hamish Andrew David Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Kate Rebecca Hendersonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

27 North Bridge Street
Hawick
Borders
TD9 9BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HENDERSON, Hamish→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDERSON, Hamish Andrew David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDERSON, Kate Rebecca→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOX FLEMING LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2010-05-20
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned
HENDERSON, Gordon Edward→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2007-05-31
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property06/11/200627/10/2020

Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14