ERNEST GUNNER HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00579845 · ltd · incorporated 1957-03-12

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Average employees	2	300

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-01-03
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officers · AP01
2025-12-30
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officers · AP01
2025-12-30
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officers · AP03
2025-12-30
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officers · TM01
2025-12-30
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officers · AP01
2025-12-30
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officers · TM02
2025-12-19
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GUNNER, David Bosworth appointed
secretary
2025-12-19
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GUNNER, David Bosworth appointed
director
2025-12-19
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GUNNER, Lauren Beth appointed
director
2025-12-19
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PIKE, Gemma Marie appointed
director
2025-12-19
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BEEVERS, John Robert resigned
secretary
2025-12-19
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BEEVERS, John Robert resigned
director
2025-10-20
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accounts · AA
2025-08-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-04
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officers · TM01
2024-12-02
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SIDDONS, Susan Linda resigned
director
2024-11-21
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accounts · AA
2023-12-06
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accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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officers · AP01
2021-01-07
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WALKER, Marilyn Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-11-03
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accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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accounts · AA
2018-10-24
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accounts · AA
2010-09-21
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BEEVERS, John Robert appointed
secretary
2010-09-21
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TURNER, Peter Michael resigned
secretary
2010-09-21
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SIDDONS, Susan Linda appointed
director
2010-09-21
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TURNER, Peter Michael resigned
director
2006-03-10
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BEEVERS, John Robert appointed
director
2006-03-10
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NAYLOR, Kenneth Peter resigned
director
1957-03-12
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Company incorporated
As ERNEST GUNNER HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GUNNER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GUNNER, Lauren Beth (same surname) appointed 2025-12-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BEEVERS, John Robert resigned 2025-12-19; BEEVERS, John Robert resigned 2025-12-19

Group structure

Sagars Trustees Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sagars Trustees Llp

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ERNEST GUNNER HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 00579845

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Bosworth Gunner Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Sagars Trustees Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1957-03-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Gresham House

5-7 St Paul's Street

Leeds

LS1 2JG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-08

Last: 2025-08-25