GALLOWAY PASTA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC717556 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10730
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,214

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 86% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£968£2k£3k£4k£5kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£9.3k£8.9k
Current assets£3.6k£4.8k
Net assets£4.2k£2.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As GALLOWAY PASTA LTD
  11. 2021-12-14
    ➕
    MCSORLEY WALKER, Margaret Mary appointed
    director
  12. 2021-12-14
    ➕
    WALKER, Andrew appointed
    director
  13. 2021-12-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Margaret Mary Mcsorley Walker
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/12/2021
Mr Andrew Walker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/12/2021

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
Incorporated2021-12-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10730 — SIC 10730

Registered office

The Smithy
High Street
New Galloway
Dumfries And Galloway
DG7 3RN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCSORLEY WALKER, Margaret Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-12-14
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Active
WALKER, Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-12-14
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-14