GARRY GORDON BYDAND CONTRACTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC388366 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-08
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
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-12-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-22
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-11-22
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2018-11-08
    GORDON, Liz appointed
    secretary
  14. 2018-11-08
    GORDON, Liz resigned
    director
  15. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-11
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2010-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As GARRY GORDON BYDAND CONTRACTS LIMITED
  19. 2010-11-08
    GORDON, Garry Davidson appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-08
    GORDON, Liz appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +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

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 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

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 Garry Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

43 Strathtay Road
Perth
Perthshire
PH1 2NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GORDON, Liz
secretary · appointed 2018-11-08
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Active
GORDON, Garry Davidson
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-08
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Active
GORDON, Liz
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-11-08 · resigned 2018-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-19