GALSON ESTATE (TRADING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC351453 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-18

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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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£612.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £611,998

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,225 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£612k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£613k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£612.0k	£613.2k
Current assets	£613.0k	£614.2k
Net assets	£612.0k	£613.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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officers · AP01
2021-09-10
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BELL, Carola Margaret appointed
director
2021-09-10
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RENNIE, Agnes appointed
director
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-29
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MACLEOD, Donald Smith resigned
director
2020-10-29
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MACLEOD, James resigned
director
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2018-12-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-19
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capital · SH01
2017-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2011-11-07
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MACDONALD, Norman appointed
director
2009-09-08
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MACKAY, Donald Angus resigned
secretary
2009-09-08
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MACKAY, Donald Angus resigned
director
2008-11-18
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Company incorporated
As GALSON ESTATE (TRADING) LIMITED
2008-11-18
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MACKAY, Donald Angus appointed
secretary
2008-11-18
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-11-18
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-11-18
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MACKAY, Donald Angus appointed
director
2008-11-18
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MACLEOD, Donald Smith appointed
director
2008-11-18
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MACLEOD, James appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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GALSON ESTATE (TRADING) LIMITED

This company · SC351453

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
Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn 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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-11-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Business Centre Tom Na Ba

South Galson

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 0SH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BELL, Carola Margaret→

director · ~77y · appointed 2021-09-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACDONALD, Norman→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-11-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RENNIE, Agnes→

director · ~70y · appointed 2021-09-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACKAY, Donald Angus→

secretary · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2009-09-08

Resigned

JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2008-11-18

Resigned

MACKAY, Donald Angus→

director · ~82y · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2009-09-08

Resigned

MACLEOD, Donald Smith→

director · ~83y · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2020-10-29

Resigned

MACLEOD, James→

director · ~89y · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2020-10-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-10-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-10-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-01

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-11-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-11-25