GALE ESTATES (APL) LTD

🌳Matureactive
08546941 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-28
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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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£87.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,982

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£87k
Current Assets
£42k
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£103.2k—
Current assets£41.6k—
Net assets£87.0k—
Average employees—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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-29
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  3. 2024-03-27
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  4. 2023-06-12
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  5. 2022-05-09
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  6. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-03-10
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  8. 2020-02-04
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  9. 2020-02-04
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  10. 2019-03-25
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  11. 2018-05-17
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  12. 2017-06-28
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  13. 2017-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-19
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  15. 2016-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As GALE ESTATES (APL) LTD
  17. 2013-05-28
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    GALE, George Edward Rossington appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-28
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    GALE, Patrick Rossington appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "GALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 88 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 13 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.)

Group structure

Gale Estates (Oxfordshire) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gale Estates (Oxfordshire) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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GALE ESTATES (APL) LTD
This company · 08546941

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
Gale Estates (Oxfordshire) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/01/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Gale Estates (Appleford) Limitedceased 28/01/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2013-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Manor Farm
Church Street Appleford
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GALE, George Edward Rossington→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALE, Patrick Rossington→
director · ~88y · appointed 2013-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-04