GLOBAL PRODUCT SOURCING (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03568204 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-21
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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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 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
80
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-05-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-05-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-15
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    address · AD01
  10. 2020-07-23
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-16
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-07-24
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    GOATLEY, David John resigned
    director
  17. 2000-07-24
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    GOATLEY, Rosemary Minefe resigned
    director
  18. 1998-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GLOBAL PRODUCT SOURCING (UK) LIMITED
  19. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    ABAJIAN, Olwyn Marie appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    ABAJIAN, Garabet Aram appointed
    director
  21. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    ABAJIAN, Olwyn Marie appointed
    director
  22. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-05-21
    ➖
    ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    GOATLEY, David John appointed
    director
  25. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    GOATLEY, Rosemary Minefe appointed
    director
  26. 1998-05-21
    ➕
    ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-05-21
    ➖
    ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

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 Garabet Aram Abajian
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Olwyn Marie Abajian
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

Janay Sec Suite 2
Unit 2 Bradburys Court, Lyon Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 2BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ABAJIAN, Olwyn Marie→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABAJIAN, Garabet Aram→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABAJIAN, Olwyn Marie→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-21 · resigned 1998-05-21
Resigned
GOATLEY, David John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-05-21 · resigned 2000-07-24
Resigned
GOATLEY, Rosemary Minefe→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-05-21 · resigned 2000-07-24
Resigned
ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-21 · resigned 1998-05-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03