JAMES GORDON LIMITED

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SC293893 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-30

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£7.20M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Repair of machinery

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46610SIC 46610
47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,200,047

Cash draining

Cash down 54% YoY

Cash YoY

-54%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£430k

↓ 54% YoY

Net Worth

£7.2m

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£16m

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£7.52M	£6.83M
Current assets	£16.36M	£16.94M
Cash	£430.2k	£939.5k
Debtors	£6.56M	£5.67M
Net assets	£7.20M	£6.33M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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officers · AP01
2024-10-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-01
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BRYDSON, Ian Donald appointed
director
2024-09-30
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MOSS, James Edward resigned
director
2024-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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MOSS, James Edward appointed
director
2021-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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FRASER, Kevin William appointed
director
2021-03-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-18
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PARKER, Alan resigned
director
2020-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2018-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-04-30
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TYRRELL, Trevor resigned
director
2015-05-07
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TYRRELL, Trevor appointed
director
2015-05-05
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LAST, Clive Edward resigned
director
2009-03-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-01-01
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LAST, Clive Edward appointed
director
2008-09-25
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PARKER, Alan appointed
director
2006-11-30
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MONTGOMERIE, William Fitch appointed
secretary
2006-11-30
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MONTGOMERIE, Neil Burnett appointed
director
2006-11-30
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JACK, Harold James resigned
secretary
2006-11-30
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JACK, Harold James resigned
director
2005-11-30
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Company incorporated
As JAMES GORDON LIMITED
2005-11-30
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MONTGOMERIE, William Fitch appointed
director
2005-11-30
➕
JACK, Harold James appointed
secretary
2005-11-30
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-30
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-30
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JACK, Harold James appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

Group structure

Montgomerie Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Montgomerie Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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JAMES GORDON LIMITED

This company · SC293893

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Montgomerie Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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JAMES SMITH FENCING LIMITED→ SC486484 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-11-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Dalbeattie Road

Castle Douglas

DG7 1HZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29