GALLOWAY PLANT HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC151067 · ltd · incorporated 1994-05-25
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 25.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Opportunity
82/100
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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.7 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: 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees300300

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

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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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  2. 2024-08-27
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  3. 2024-05-28
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  4. 2023-08-21
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  5. 2022-08-24
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  6. 2021-08-31
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  7. 2020-08-21
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  8. 2020-02-24
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  9. 2020-01-06
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  10. 2019-08-21
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  11. 2019-07-31
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    MCINTOSH, John James resigned
    director
  12. 2018-08-28
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  13. 2017-08-24
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  14. 2016-09-02
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  15. 2016-06-01
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  16. 2015-09-21
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  17. 2015-06-16
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  18. 2003-12-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2001-08-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 2000-08-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 1994-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As GALLOWAY PLANT HIRE LIMITED
  22. 1994-05-25
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    MCINTOSH, Adam Torrance appointed
    secretary
  23. 1994-05-25
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    MCINTOSH, Adam Torrance appointed
    director
  24. 1994-05-25
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Alistair Boyd appointed
    director
  25. 1994-05-25
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1994-05-25
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1994-05-25
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    MCINTOSH, John James appointed
    director
  28. 1994-05-25
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1994-05-25
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 Alastair Boyd Mcintosh
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
Mr Adam Torrence Mcintosh
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John James Mcintoshceased 31/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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6 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
Incorporated1994-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Droughduil Farm
Dunragit
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
DG9 8QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCINTOSH, Adam Torrance→
secretary · appointed 1994-05-25
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Active
MCINTOSH, Adam Torrance→
director · ~60y · appointed 1994-05-25
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Active
MCINTOSH, Alistair Boyd→
director · ~63y · appointed 1994-05-25
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-05-25 · resigned 1994-05-25
Resigned
MCINTOSH, John James→
director · ~64y · appointed 1994-05-25 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-05-25 · resigned 1994-05-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property28/08/2001—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Standard security1 property03/08/200024/12/2003
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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-06