GMS CLEANING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC515158 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees700400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As GMS CLEANING LTD
  14. 2015-09-09
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    LAING, Gary Alan appointed
    secretary
  15. 2015-09-09
    ➕
    WATT, Susan Ainsley appointed
    secretary
  16. 2015-09-09
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    LAING, Gary Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2015-09-09
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    WATT, Susan Ainsley appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-09
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Alan Laing
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence08/09/2016
Miss Susan Ainsley Watt
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence08/09/2016

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
Incorporated2015-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

C/O Premier Accounting 9b Dalrymple Court
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
Scotland
G66 3AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LAING, Gary Alan→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-09
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Active
WATT, Susan Ainsley→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-09
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Active
LAING, Gary Alan→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-09-09
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Active
WATT, Susan Ainsley→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-09-09
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-06