GILDEAS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC365972 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-23

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 15.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.31M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

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. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 15.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

12 officers (8 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 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 £1,314,566

Cash YoY

+32%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£374k

↑ 32% YoY

Net Worth

£1.3m

↑ 40% YoY

Current Assets

£2.1m

↑ 9.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.39M	£965.6k
Current assets	£2.13M	£1.95M
Cash	£374.0k	£283.6k
Debtors	£1.76M	£1.67M
Net assets	£1.31M	£939.4k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
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THOMSON, Fergus Hugh appointed
director
2025-02-19
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officers · AP01
2024-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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officers · AP01
2024-09-01
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THOMSON, Emma appointed
director
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
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MCKEE, David appointed
director
2022-01-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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capital · SH06
2016-11-07
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FERGUSON, Colin appointed
director
2016-11-07
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HARE, Lindsay appointed
director
2016-11-07
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KAVANAGH, Paul George resigned
director
2012-04-17
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-12-12
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BALI, Sanjeev appointed
secretary
2010-07-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
2010-02-26
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BALI, Sanjeev appointed
director
2010-02-26
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HAY, Stephen James appointed
director
2010-02-26
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BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan resigned
director
2010-02-26
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KAVANAGH, Paul George appointed
director
2010-02-26
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SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2009-09-23
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Company incorporated
As GILDEAS LIMITED
2009-09-23
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-09-23
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BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan appointed
director
2009-09-23
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SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Sanjeev Bali Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-09-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

97/99 West Regent Street

Glasgow

G2 2BA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: 2025-09-23