GARRY GORDON BYDAND CONTRACTS LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-11-22📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-11-08➕GORDON, Liz appointedsecretary
- 2018-11-08➖GORDON, Liz resigneddirector
- 2018-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-11-08🏢Company incorporatedAs GARRY GORDON BYDAND CONTRACTS LIMITED
- 2010-11-08➕GORDON, Garry Davidson appointeddirector
- 2010-11-08➕GORDON, Liz appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GORDON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Garry Gordon Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Liz Gordonceased 09/11/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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