GEM COMPLIANCE RESOURCES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC521257 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-26
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-12-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs GEM COMPLIANCE RESOURCES LIMITED
- 2015-11-26➕GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-11-26➕GALLACHER, Gillian Elspeth appointeddirector
- 2015-11-26➕GALLACHER, John Kevin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Gem Compliance Consulting Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Gem Compliance Consulting Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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GEM COMPLIANCE RESOURCES LIMITED
This company · SC521257
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Gem Compliance Consulting Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 17/12/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Gillian Gallacherceased 17/12/2025· 75-100% shares · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2015-11-26
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GALLACHER, Gillian Elspeth→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2015-11-26
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GALLACHER, John Kevin→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-11-26
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Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06