G.F. JOB LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC135278 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Leverage-led grower with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.6y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.6 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.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
109 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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,059,366

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£2.06M£1.47M
Average employees656300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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  3. 2026-02-05
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  4. 2025-09-17
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  8. 2024-05-17
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  9. 2024-05-17
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  10. 2023-12-19
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  11. 2023-12-08
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  13. 2022-12-05
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  14. 2021-12-31
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  15. 2021-01-06
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  16. 2019-11-26
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  17. 2019-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2016-12-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  19. 2016-09-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  20. 2016-05-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2015-03-09
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    THOMSON, Ronald, Mr. resigned
    director
  22. 2014-05-22
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    MACDONALD, Douglas James, Mr. resigned
    director
  23. 2010-12-06
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    MACDONALD, Douglas James, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-12
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    MACLEAN, Andrew, Mr. appointed
    director
  25. 2004-10-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  26. 2004-10-12
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    JOHNSTONE, Adrian Richard, Mr. appointed
    director
  27. 1996-01-25
    ➕
    THOMSON, Ronald, Mr. appointed
    director
  28. 1991-12-11
    ➕
    JOB, Gerald Fraser appointed
    secretary
  29. 1991-12-11
    ➕
    JOB, Gerald Fraser appointed
    director
  30. 1991-12-11
    ➕
    JOB, Michael Allen appointed
    director
  31. 1991-12-11
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1991-12-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1991-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As G.F. JOB LIMITED
  34. 1991-11-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1991-11-28
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 34 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
Mr Gerald Fraser Job
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/11/2016
Mr. Adrian Richard Johnstone
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/11/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-11-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Hudson House
Grigorhill Industrial Estate
Nairn
IV12 5HX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

JOB, Gerald Fraser→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-11
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Active
JOB, Gerald Fraser→
director · ~75y · appointed 1991-12-11
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Active
JOB, Michael Allen→
director · ~51y · appointed 1991-12-11
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Active
JOHNSTONE, Adrian Richard, Mr.→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-10-12
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Active
MACLEAN, Andrew, Mr.→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-06-12
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-11-28 · resigned 1991-12-11
Resigned
MACDONALD, Douglas James, Mr.→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-12-06 · resigned 2014-05-22
Resigned
THOMSON, Ronald, Mr.→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-01-25 · resigned 2015-03-09
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-11-28 · resigned 1991-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—16/12/2016—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—20/09/2016—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties24/05/2016—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property14/10/2004—
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