GANDER EQUITIES LIMITED

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SC038884 · ltd · incorporated 1963-06-06
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£5.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.1 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 (84/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £5,390,144
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£573k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£5.4m
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£3.7m
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.1m£2.2m£3.2m£4.3m£5.4mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£5.60M£5.43M
Current assets£3.67M£3.49M
Cash£572.7k£641.2k
Debtors£2.84M£2.60M
Net assets£5.39M£5.26M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-03-19
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  4. 2023-03-28
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  5. 2022-05-09
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    incorporation · MA
  6. 2022-05-09
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2022-04-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2022-04-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2022-04-11
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-04-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  11. 2022-03-28
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  12. 2022-03-12
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  13. 2022-03-12
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  14. 2021-06-02
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  15. 2020-03-31
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  16. 2019-04-01
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  17. 2019-03-01
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    address · AD01
  18. 2018-01-09
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  19. 2017-12-14
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2017-10-20
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    PRICE, Roger David resigned
    director
  21. 2016-03-22
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    WOLFSON, Alma Rosalind resigned
    director
  22. 2016-01-21
    ➖
    WOLFSON, Leslie resigned
    director
  23. 2014-10-12
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    BEACH, Clifford resigned
    director
  24. 2013-05-01
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    WILSON, Susan Beranadette appointed
    director
  25. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    PRICE, Roger David appointed
    director
  26. 2010-04-01
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    WOLFSON, Alma Rosalind appointed
    director
  27. 2001-04-02
    ➕
    BEACH, Clifford appointed
    director
  28. 2001-04-02
    ➕
    WOLFSON, Alma Rosalind appointed
    director
  29. 1994-12-01
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    WATSON, Glen Stewart appointed
    director
  30. 1993-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 1992-09-30
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    WATSON, Glen Stewart appointed
    secretary
  32. 1992-09-30
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    TAYLOR LAUDER & GEMMILL CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  33. 1992-08-14
    ➖
    THOMSON, Alan Herbert resigned
    director
  34. 1992-08-14
    ➖
    WALTON, David resigned
    director
  35. 1963-06-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GANDER EQUITIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 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 63 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 Alma Rosalind Wolfson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-06-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

19 C/0 Glen S Watson Fifth Floor
19waterloo Street
Glasgow
G2 6BQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

WATSON, Glen Stewart→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-30
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Active
WATSON, Glen Stewart→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-12-01
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Active
WATT, Alan James→
director · ~87y
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Active
WILSON, Susan Beranadette→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-05-01
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Active
WOLFSON, Alma Rosalind→
director · ~84y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
TAYLOR LAUDER & GEMMILL CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1992-09-30
Resigned
BEACH, Clifford→
director · ~98y · appointed 2001-04-02 · resigned 2014-10-12
Resigned
PRICE, Roger David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-07-27 · resigned 2017-10-20
Resigned
THOMSON, Alan Herbert→
director · ~85y · resigned 1992-08-14
Resigned
WALTON, David→
director · ~83y · resigned 1992-08-14
Resigned
WOLFSON, Alma Rosalind→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-04-02 · resigned 2016-03-22
Resigned
WOLFSON, Leslie→
director · ~97y · resigned 2016-01-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property13/04/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge2 properties05/04/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property19/04/1993—
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Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-09
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-12