GMG ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC529909 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sawmilling and planing of wood
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,393,134
Cash draining
Cash down 54% YoY
Cash YoY
-54%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£148k
↓ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£279k£557k£836k£1.1m£1.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.83M£1.88M
Current assets£1.00M£934.9k
Cash£147.9k£322.1k
Debtors£819.1k£577.7k
Net assets£1.39M£1.39M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-05-06
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    second-filing-of-director-termination-with-name
    officers · RP04TM01
  11. 2022-04-20
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-04-02
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    GREENHILL, Stephen Michael resigned
    director
  13. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2021-03-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2021-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-08-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2019-05-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2017-05-26
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    GREENHILL, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2016-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As GMG ENERGY LIMITED
  23. 2016-03-17
    ➕
    GIBBON, Paul William appointed
    director
  24. 2016-03-17
    ➕
    MORRISON, Malcolm George Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Paul William Gibbon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/03/2017
Mr Malcolm George Douglas Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen Michael Greenhillceased 29/03/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2016-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16100 — Sawmilling and planing of wood

Registered office

C/O Robb Ferguson Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GIBBON, Paul William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-17
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Active
MORRISON, Malcolm George Douglas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-03-17
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Active
GREENHILL, Stephen Michael→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-05-26 · resigned 2022-04-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—17/03/2021—
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-16
second-filing-of-director-termination-with-name
officers · RP04TM01
2022-05-06