GILLARD HEALTHCARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09483146 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-24
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-21
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    document-replacement · RP04AR01
  14. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2015-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As GILLARD HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  16. 2015-03-11
    GILLARD, Dee 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GILLARD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Dee Gillard
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

Edgehill 20 Waterside Road
Broadsands
Paignton
Devon
TQ4 6LJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GILLARD, Dee
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-03-11
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2020-04-24