GM BODYSHOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC289990 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-07
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£73.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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, 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £73,825
Cash YoY
+554%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42k
↑ 554% YoY
Net Worth
£74k
↑ 81% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↑ 215% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£30k£44k£59k£74kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£73.8k£40.9k
Current assets£47.4k£15.0k
Cash£42.0k£6.4k
Debtors£3.6k£7.1k
Net assets£73.8k£40.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-04
    ➕
    MARTIS, Craig appointed
    director
  2. 2025-06-04
    ➖
    STRUTHERS, Frank resigned
    director
  3. 2025-06-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-06-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-06-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-06-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-06-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As GM BODYSHOP LIMITED
  19. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    MCFARLANE, Gordon Alexander appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    MCFARLANE, Gordon Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-09-07
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    STRUTHERS, Frank appointed
    director
  24. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES(UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2005-09-07
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES(UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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
Mr Craig Martis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1991 · age 35
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/06/2025
Mr Gordon Alexander Mcfarlane
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Frank Struthersceased 04/06/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2005-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

18 Dellingburn Street
Greenock
Strathclyde
PA15 4TW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCFARLANE, Gordon Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIS, Craig→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCFARLANE, Gordon Alexander→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned
STRUTHERS, Frank→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2025-06-04
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES(UK) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-06