GIBSON GIRL (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive

07786777 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-26

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£403.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £403,196

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£403k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£506k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£506.0k	£291.2k
Current assets	£506.0k	£333.8k
Net assets	£403.2k	£291.2k

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 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2026-03-02
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2025-10-17
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2025-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts · AAMD
2024-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
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accounts · AA
2022-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-01
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accounts · AA
2019-05-01
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accounts · AA
2019-02-24
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address · AD01
2018-05-16
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2018-03-27
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2018-03-26
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2018-03-26
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address · AD01
2017-10-16
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2017-10-06
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GIBSON, Percy Michael appointed
director
2012-12-14
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GIBSON, Percy Michael resigned
director
2011-09-26
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Company incorporated
As GIBSON GIRL (UK) LTD
2011-09-26
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RICHARDSON, Paul Graydon appointed
secretary
2011-09-26
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COLLINS, Joan Henrietta, Dame appointed
director
2011-09-26
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GIBSON, Percy Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GIBSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Percy Michael Gibson Individual · American · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	13/10/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Dame Joan Henrietta Collinsceased 13/10/2025· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2011-09-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

15 Woodland Heights

Newport

TF10 7NF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

RICHARDSON, Paul Graydon→

secretary · appointed 2011-09-26

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Active

COLLINS, Joan Henrietta, Dame→

director · ~93y · appointed 2011-09-26

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Active

GIBSON, Percy Michael→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-10-06

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Active

GIBSON, Percy Michael→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-09-26 · resigned 2012-12-14

Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-10-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-02

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-26

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accounts · AAMD

2024-06-18

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accounts · AA

2024-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-04-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-28