GORT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04632216 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-09
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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Average employees1416

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2023-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-07-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-04-06
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    GOY, Michelle Louise resigned
    director
  18. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    TALBOT, James Ellis appointed
    director
  19. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    GOY, Michelle Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2014-07-14
    ➕
    TALBOT, Nicholas Charles appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-07-14
    ➖
    TALBOT, Alan John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2003-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As GORT SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    SMITH, Richard appointed
    director
  25. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    TALBOT, Alan John appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    TALBOT, Alan John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-01-09
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

A & J Talbot Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A & J Talbot Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GORT SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 04632216

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A & J Talbot Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

7a Gordon Street, Shaw
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL2 8EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

TALBOT, Nicholas Charles→
secretary · appointed 2014-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Richard→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TALBOT, Alan John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TALBOT, James Ellis→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TALBOT, Alan John→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2014-07-14
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-01-09
Resigned
GOY, Michelle Louise→
director · ~52y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2017-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property25/02/2003—
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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11