GAUDIE & MUIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC416181 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£81.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £81,259
Cash YoY
+116%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£81k
↑ 116% YoY
Net Worth
£81k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£122k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£49k£73k£97k£122kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£81.3k£77.6k
Current assets£121.8k£90.0k
Cash£81.4k£37.7k
Debtors£40.4k£52.3k
Net assets£81.3k£77.6k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-12-31
    ➖
    MUIR, Ingrid Mary resigned
    director
  16. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-02-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GAUDIE & MUIR LIMITED
  19. 2012-02-03
    ➕
    GAUDIE, Duncan Sabiston appointed
    director
  20. 2012-02-03
    ➕
    GAUDIE, Kathleen Dorothy appointed
    director
  21. 2012-02-03
    ➕
    MUIR, Eoin James appointed
    director
  22. 2012-02-03
    ➕
    MUIR, Ingrid Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GAUDIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Blomar
Holm
Orkney
KW17 2RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GAUDIE, Duncan Sabiston→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-02-03
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Active
GAUDIE, Kathleen Dorothy→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-02-03
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Active
MUIR, Eoin James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUIR, Ingrid Mary→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-02-03 · resigned 2019-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-03