GAEL PROPERTY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC437399 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-22

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£-533

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £533

Very low cash

Cash position: £34

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£34

Net Worth

-£533

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30
Total assets	£-533
Cash	£34
Net assets	£-533

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-02-04
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2026-01-27
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2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-01-26
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2023-12-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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accounts · AA
2020-01-25
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2019-01-26
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2018-03-28
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accounts · AA
2018-01-25
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accounts · AA01
2017-04-25
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2017-01-26
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2015-11-23
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annual-return · AR01
2012-11-22
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Company incorporated
As GAEL PROPERTY LIMITED
2012-11-22
➕
PETERANNA, Stephen Joseph appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 Stephen Joseph Peteranna Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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CNOC SOILLEIR LIMITED→ SC635033 · est 2019	—	—	£9.40M	—	6y	76	78y
STRESS MONKEY CLUB CIC→ SC631967 · est 2019	—	—	£91	—	6y	76	69y
THE HARRIS TWEED AUTHORITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST→ SC173554 · est 1997	—	—	£36.9k	—	29y	76	81y
AN TAIGH CEILIDH→ SC704924 · est 2021	—	—	£3.3k	—	4y	75	67y
BARRA CHILDREN'S CENTRE→ SC196854 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	73	49y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-11-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Dark Island Hotel

Liniclate

Isle Of Benbecula

Western Isles

HS7 5PJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PETERANNA, Stephen Joseph→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-11-22

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-02-04

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-14

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

accounts · AA

2025-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-01-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-12

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-12-12

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

accounts · AA

2023-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-25

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

accounts · AA

2022-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-24

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

accounts · AA

2021-02-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-26

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

accounts · AA

2020-01-25