GSB LANDSCAPES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC354223 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-29

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£228.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 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 £228,026

Cash YoY

+122%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£186k

↑ 122% YoY

Net Worth

£228k

↑ 1.4% YoY

Current Assets

£349k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£269.5k	£258.1k
Current assets	£348.8k	£294.5k
Cash	£186.5k	£83.9k
Debtors	£158.3k	£206.6k
Net assets	£228.0k	£224.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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2025-07-28
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accounts · AA
2025-07-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
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2025-07-02
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2025-07-02
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2025-07-02
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officers · CH03
2024-05-30
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accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-04-12
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officers · AP01
2022-04-06
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ALLAN, Paul appointed
director
2021-08-13
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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address · AD01
2020-06-23
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accounts · AA
2019-06-15
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2018-07-26
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2014-04-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-01-29
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Company incorporated
As GSB LANDSCAPES LTD.
2009-01-29
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HUTTON, Pamela appointed
secretary
2009-01-29
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HUTTON, Pamela appointed
director
2009-01-29
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HUTTON, Stephen appointed
director
2009-01-29
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
secretary
2009-01-29
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
secretary
2009-01-29
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MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
director
2009-01-29
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MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
director
2009-01-29
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
director
2009-01-29
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Hutton Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mrs Pamela Hutton Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2009-01-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

91 Alexander Street

Airdrie

ML6 0BD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HUTTON, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-29

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Active

ALLAN, Paul→

director · ~38y · appointed 2022-04-06

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Active

HUTTON, Pamela→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-29

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Active

HUTTON, Stephen→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-01-29

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Active

TRAINER, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29

Resigned

MCINTOSH, Susan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	24/04/2014	—

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-02

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-07-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-20

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

officers · AP01

2022-04-12