FIGURED LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC288712 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-10
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
62 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-02-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2017-06-30
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    SANGSTER, Katherine resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-06-04
    ➖
    REILLY, Vincent resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-06-04
    ➕
    SANGSTER, Katherine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-08-10
    ➕
    GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir appointed
    director
  21. 2005-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As FIGURED LIMITED
  22. 2005-08-10
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    GAMMELL, Janice Theresa, Lady appointed
    director
  23. 2005-08-10
    ➕
    REILLY, Vincent appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-08-10
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-08-10
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-08-10
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-08-10
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 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
Sir William Benjamin Bowring Gammell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Janice Theresa Gammell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

17 Blacket Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1RJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GAMMELL, Janice Theresa, Lady→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REILLY, Vincent→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-10 · resigned 2014-06-04
Resigned
SANGSTER, Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2014-06-04 · resigned 2017-06-30
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-10 · resigned 2005-08-10
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-08-10 · resigned 2005-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26