GEOMACS RENTALS LIMITED

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SC345512 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,537
Net assets shrinking
Down £401 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£61
↓ 94% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£491£981£1k£2k£2kJul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£1.5k£1.9k£1.8k
Current assets£61£1.0k£2.5k
Net assets£1.5k£1.9k£1.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-25
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    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-09-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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  7. 2022-04-25
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  8. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2020-04-29
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  10. 2019-04-30
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  11. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2017-04-28
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  13. 2016-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-20
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  15. 2015-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As GEOMACS RENTALS LIMITED
  17. 2008-07-09
    ➕
    WHEELER, Martyn Gary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-07-09
    ➕
    CALLAGHAN, Shaun Macdonald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Shaun Macdonald Callaghan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2008-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

17b King Street
Castle Douglas
Dumfries & Galloway
DG7 1AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WHEELER, Martyn Gary→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-09
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Active
CALLAGHAN, Shaun Macdonald→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-07-09
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29