JAMES GAMMELL & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC040633 · ltd · incorporated 1964-06-30

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

—

year to Jun 2024

Net worth

£3.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 61.7y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 61.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,010,241

Net assets shrinking

Down £198,200 YoY

Cash YoY

+888%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↑ 888% YoY

Net Worth

£3.0m

↓ 6.2% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Cash	£19.3k	£2.0k
Net assets	£3.01M	£3.21M

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

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3 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

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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capital · SH08
2026-04-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-04-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-14
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capital · SH10
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-27
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Charge satisfied #6
2024-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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mortgage · MR01
2021-02-24
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2021-02-15
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-01-29
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-06-23
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officers · CH01
2020-06-23
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officers · CH01
2020-06-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-10-01
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BERGIN, Caron appointed
secretary
2018-09-30
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RICHARDSON, Karen Ann resigned
secretary
2014-11-28
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GAMMELL, Philippa Mary appointed
director
2014-11-28
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GAMMELL, Susannah Claire appointed
director
2014-11-26
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GAMMELL, Andrew John resigned
director
2014-11-26
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LEGGATE, Benjamin David resigned
director
2014-11-26
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LEGGATE, Peter James Arthur resigned
director
2013-02-26
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Charge satisfied #3
2013-02-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-11-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-07-02
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GAMMELL, James Edward Bowring resigned
secretary
2003-07-02
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RICHARDSON, Karen Ann appointed
secretary
2002-09-20
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LEGGATE, Benjamin David appointed
director
1999-04-19
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GAMMELL, James Gilbert Sydney resigned
director
1996-06-14
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GAMMELL, James Gilbert Sydney appointed
director
1993-05-19
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GAMMELL, James Edward Bowring appointed
secretary
1993-05-19
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CASTLE CAIRN (FINANCIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1992-08-13
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GAMMELL, James Roderick appointed
director
1992-08-13
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GAMMELL, Peter Joshua Thomas appointed
director
1992-08-13
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GAMMELL, Susan Patricia Bowring resigned
director
1990-05-14
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CASTLE CAIRN (FINANCIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1990-02-07
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Charge satisfied #2
1989-01-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Patrick Alexander Kilgour Ewart and Another
1964-08-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1964-06-30
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Company incorporated
As JAMES GAMMELL & SON LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GAMMELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Edward Bowring Gammell Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	14/06/2017
Mr James Roderick Gammell Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/06/2017

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

Incorporated1964-06-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

Foxhall

Kirkliston

Edinburgh

EH29 9ER

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-02

Last: 2025-05-19