G L (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC200070 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-21
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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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees4400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2024-10-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-06-03
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    LUSK, Ewan appointed
    director
  9. 2024-06-03
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Andrew Gordon appointed
    director
  10. 2024-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-08-23
    ➖
    JOHNSTON SMILLIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-09-21
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Mark Joseph resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-21
    ➕
    JOHNSTON SMILLIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1999-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As G L (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
  23. 1999-09-21
    ➕
    LEWIS, Gillian Helen appointed
    director
  24. 1999-09-21
    ➕
    LEWIS, Stephen William appointed
    director
  25. 1999-09-21
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Mark Joseph appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-09-21
    ➕
    BELL & SCOTTS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-09-21
    ➖
    BELL & SCOTTS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1999-09-21
    ➕
    BELL & SCOTTS appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 1999-09-21
    ➖
    BELL & SCOTTS resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Gl (Edinburgh) (Holdings) Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Gl (Edinburgh) (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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G L (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
This company · SC200070

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gl (Edinburgh) (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control23/10/2024
Mr Stephen William Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

87 Comely Bank Avenue
Edinburgh
EH4 1EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

LEWIS, Gillian Helen→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Stephen William→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUSK, Ewan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Andrew Gordon→
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Mark Joseph→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-21 · resigned 2006-09-21
Resigned
BELL & SCOTTS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-09-21 · resigned 1999-09-21
Resigned
JOHNSTON SMILLIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-21 · resigned 2016-08-23
Resigned
BELL & SCOTTS→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-09-21 · resigned 1999-09-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31