GARY’S BUTCHERS & FISHMONGERS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC518544 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£17.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other food services

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £17,558

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,985 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↑ 1.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£25.8k	£29.6k
Current assets	£20.6k	£20.4k
Net assets	£17.6k	£20.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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2025-04-07
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2024-10-07
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2024-10-07
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address · AD01
2024-03-08
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2024-02-01
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-24
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address · AD01
2023-02-17
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2022-04-08
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2021-03-16
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2020-03-05
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2018-12-19
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2018-02-20
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2016-12-15
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2015-12-09
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2015-10-23
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Company incorporated
As GARY’S BUTCHERS & FISHMONGERS LTD
2015-10-23
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PELINE, Gary appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 Gary Peline Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1971 · age 55	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-10-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

73 73 Craigton Drive

Dargavel

Bishopton

PA7 5FT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PELINE, Gary→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-10-23

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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-04-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-10-07

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-08

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2024-02-01

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-01-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-03-16