J & T GILLAN (PROPERTY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC090444 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£52.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 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
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,166

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£52k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£21k£31k£42k£52kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£52.2k£45.9k
Current assets£45.9k£41.1k
Net assets£52.2k£45.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-04-30
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    GILLAN, James resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-04-30
    ➖
    GILLAN, Roseann resigned
    director
  18. 2000-10-23
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    GILLAN, James appointed
    director
  19. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    GILLAN, Thomas appointed
    director
  20. 2000-10-23
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    GILLAN, James resigned
    director
  21. 1984-11-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As J & T GILLAN (PROPERTY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GILLAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
James Gillan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Thomas Gillan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Caledonia House, 89 Seaward Street
Glasgow
G41 1HJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GILLAN, James→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLAN, Thomas→
director · ~84y · appointed 2000-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLAN, James→
secretary · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned
GILLAN, James→
director · ~106y · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned
GILLAN, Roseann→
director · ~104y · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31