GANUS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03462277 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-07

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 20.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

100

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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 (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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2025-03-28
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2024-09-03
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2023-07-19
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accounts · AA
2022-05-11
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capital · SH08
2022-05-09
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accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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mortgage · MR04
2021-05-21
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mortgage · MR04
2021-05-21
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mortgage · MR04
2021-05-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2021-05-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-05-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-04-03
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accounts · AA
2019-07-24
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2018-07-10
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2017-04-20
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2016-03-31
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2006-07-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2005-11-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2005-11-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1997-12-15
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OPENSHAW, William Douglas appointed
secretary
1997-12-15
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OPENSHAW, Melanie Jane appointed
director
1997-12-15
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OPENSHAW, William Douglas appointed
director
1997-12-15
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-12-15
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-11-07
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Company incorporated
As GANUS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
1997-11-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-11-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Douglas Openshaw Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016
Mrs Melanie Jane Openshaw Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-11-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Raughton Head House

Raughton Head

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA5 7DD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-06

Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

OPENSHAW, William Douglas→

secretary · appointed 1997-12-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OPENSHAW, Melanie Jane→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-12-15

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Active

OPENSHAW, William Douglas→

director · ~74y · appointed 1997-12-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-07 · resigned 1997-12-15

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-07 · resigned 1997-12-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Legal charge	1 property	28/07/2006	21/05/2021
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Legal charge	1 property	23/11/2005	21/05/2021
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Debenture	1 property	17/11/2005	21/05/2021

Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-04

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2022-05-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-08

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-05-21

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-05-21

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-05-21