G.I. YOUNG & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC014102 · ltd · incorporated 1926-04-07
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -79% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,072
Cash draining
Cash down 79% YoY
Cash YoY
-79%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£232
↓ 79% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 1325% YoY
Current Assets
£232
↓ 79% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£4k£5k£6kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£6.1k£426
Current assets£232£1.1k
Cash£232£1.1k
Net assets£6.1k£426

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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  2. 2025-12-15
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  3. 2025-01-21
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  4. 2025-01-21
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-27
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  6. 2023-12-12
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  7. 2023-01-18
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  8. 2022-03-08
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-12-23
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  12. 2019-01-04
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  13. 2018-05-03
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-04-25
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    MILGROVE-MACKAY, Emily Lindsay appointed
    director
  15. 2018-01-24
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  16. 2018-01-04
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  17. 1991-01-31
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    YOUNG, Linda Irons appointed
    secretary
  18. 1991-01-31
    ➕
    YOUNG, Linda Irons appointed
    director
  19. 1991-01-31
    ➕
    YOUNG, Simon Lindsay Irons appointed
    director
  20. 1991-01-31
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    YOUNG, Camilla Campbell resigned
    secretary
  21. 1991-01-31
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    YOUNG, Eric Alexander Irons resigned
    director
  22. 1926-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As G.I. YOUNG & COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOUNG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 100 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 Emily Lindsay Milgrove-Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1992 · age 34
50–75%
—50-75% shares16/01/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Simon Lyndsey Irons Youngceased 31/12/2019· 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
Incorporated1926-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Nether Raith
Fenwick
Ayrshire
KA3 6BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

YOUNG, Linda Irons→
secretary · appointed 1991-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILGROVE-MACKAY, Emily Lindsay→
director · ~34y · appointed 2018-04-25
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Active
YOUNG, Linda Irons→
director · ~68y · appointed 1991-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Simon Lindsay Irons→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Camilla Campbell→
secretary · resigned 1991-01-31
Resigned
YOUNG, Eric Alexander Irons→
director · ~105y · resigned 1991-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-07