GWENEVE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC328078 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
49 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  2. 2024-09-13
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  3. 2024-07-18
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  4. 2024-07-18
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  5. 2023-10-27
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  6. 2022-07-01
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  7. 2021-08-13
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  8. 2020-08-17
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  9. 2019-11-26
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  10. 2018-12-12
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  11. 2017-12-01
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  12. 2016-11-28
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  13. 2015-09-28
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  14. 2015-08-15
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  15. 2014-08-30
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  16. 2007-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As GWENEVE LTD.
  17. 2007-07-20
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    ASHCROFT, Francis Brian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-20
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    HUNTER, Roslyn Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2007-07-20
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    HUNTER, Stephen James appointed
    director
  20. 2007-07-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-07-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-07-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-07-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Hunter
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

5 Castle Court
Carnegie
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ASHCROFT, Francis Brian→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-20
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Active
HUNTER, Roslyn Mary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-07-20
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Active
HUNTER, Stephen James→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2007-07-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2007-07-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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2025-10-30
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2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-26