GOUROCK PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC019124 · ltd · incorporated 1936-05-14

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 44.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.15M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 44.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 £3,153,752

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3.2m

↑ 2.1% YoY

Current Assets

£797k

↑ 9.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£3.20M	£3.15M
Current assets	£796.9k	£725.2k
Net assets	£3.15M	£3.09M

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

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2019-09-26
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2010-07-23
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MCTAVISH, Patricia Anne resigned
director
2010-03-12
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LESLIE, Carol Anne appointed
director
2009-02-19
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WILLIAMSON, Harriet Ann resigned
director
2003-11-18
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WILLIAMSON, Harriet Ann appointed
director
2003-10-24
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WILLIAMSON, Arthur Ewan resigned
director
1999-04-29
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1995-10-05
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MCTAVISH, Gordon Duncan appointed
director
1995-10-05
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WILLIAMSON, Mark Douglas appointed
director
1994-01-11
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WILLIAMSON, Annie Montgomery resigned
director
1984-09-17
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Inverclyde District Council
1983-03-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Inverclyde District Council
1982-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1936-05-14
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Company incorporated
As GOUROCK PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 90 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Douglas Williamson Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Anne Leslie Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Gordon Duncan Mctavish Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated1936-05-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 Nicolson St

Greenock

PA15 1JU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MCTAVISH & CO→

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Active

LESLIE, Carol Anne→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-12

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Active

MCTAVISH, Gordon Duncan→

director · ~70y · appointed 1995-10-05

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Active

WILLIAMSON, Mark Douglas→

director · ~66y · appointed 1995-10-05

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Active

MCTAVISH, Patricia Anne→

director · ~96y · resigned 2010-07-23

Resigned

WILLIAMSON, Annie Montgomery→

director · ~123y · resigned 1994-01-11

Resigned

WILLIAMSON, Arthur Ewan→

director · ~93y · resigned 2003-10-24

Resigned

WILLIAMSON, Harriet Ann→

director · ~88y · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2009-02-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	29/04/1999	—
outstanding	Inverclyde District Council	Standard security	1 property	17/09/1984	—
outstanding	Inverclyde District Council	Standard security	1 property	09/03/1983	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	05/02/1982	—

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