GCK TREEWORKS LTD
💤Zombieactive
09811310 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-06
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£129.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.2y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £129,282
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
Net Worth
£129k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↑ 325% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £200.5k | £187.8k |
| Current assets | £33.2k | £7.8k |
| Cash | £14.5k | — |
| Debtors | £2.6k | — |
| Net assets | £129.3k | £102.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-04➖WILLIS, Alan Roy resigneddirector
- 2023-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company
- 2021-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-15➕FREEMAN, George appointeddirector
- 2018-06-15➖FAGAN, Helen resigneddirector
- 2018-01-02➕FAGAN, Helen appointeddirector
- 2018-01-02➖MOORE, George Henry Alexander resigneddirector
- 2018-01-02➕WILLIS, Alan Roy appointeddirector
- 2015-10-06🏢Company incorporatedAs GCK TREEWORKS LTD
- 2015-10-06➕MOORE, George Henry Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 George Freeman Individual · British · DOB 05/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 29/04/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Justin Alexander Kingwellceased 12/03/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr George Henry Alexander Mooreceased 15/12/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRICK ALPACAS FOR WELLBEING LTD→ 15659813 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| FISH AND POND CENTRE LIMITED→ 04230942 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| FOREST GUMP LTD→ 14367294 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FOX HILL GRANGE FARM LTD→ 14234385 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FOXHALL TRADING LIMITED→ 09935669 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| FR CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15515554 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FURZE GROUNDS FARM LIMITED→ 16381220 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| GEORGE GREEN (BOZEAT) LIMITED→ 00633654 · est 1959 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 66y | — | — |
| GEORGE'A LTD→ 14017103 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| GLEBE FARM (SAWTRY) LIMITED→ 14654875 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| GLEBE FARM LIMITED→ 08441004 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400
Registered office
Unit 11 The Piggery Easton Lane
Bozeat
Wellingborough
NN29 7NH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
FREEMAN, George→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2018-06-15
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FAGAN, Helen→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2018-01-02 · resigned 2018-06-15
MOORE, George Henry Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2015-10-06 · resigned 2018-01-02
WILLIS, Alan Roy→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2018-01-02 · resigned 2023-07-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank Public Company National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company | A registered charge | — | 12/05/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13