GOVERNORS GATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI627908 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-20

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 10.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£71.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £71,203

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£71k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£249k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£81.2k	£81.2k
Current assets	£249.0k	£249.0k
Net assets	£71.2k	£71.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-10-27
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accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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accounts · AA
2022-10-29
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accounts · AA
2021-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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officers · CH01
2021-01-06
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officers · CH01
2021-01-06
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officers · CH03
2021-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2018-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-10
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address · AD01
2018-05-04
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address · AD01
2018-02-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-02-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2015-06-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Cc Private (206) Limited
2014-11-20
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Company incorporated
As GOVERNORS GATE LIMITED
2014-11-20
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SMYTH, Robert appointed
secretary
2014-11-20
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JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise appointed
director
2014-11-20
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JOHNSTON, Colin James appointed
director

Owner dependency

74/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Clear Invest Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Clear Invest Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GOVERNORS GATE LIMITED

This company · NI627908

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Clear Invest Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-11-20

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Block D

17 Heron Road

Belfast

BT3 9LE

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SMYTH, Robert→

secretary · appointed 2014-11-20

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JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise→

director · ~58y · appointed 2014-11-20

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Active

JOHNSTON, Colin James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2014-11-20

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Cc Private (206) Cc Private (206) Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/06/2015	—

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