GREEN DEVELOPMENTS (ARGYLL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC202065 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-02
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees900900

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

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1999-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As GREEN DEVELOPMENTS (ARGYLL) LIMITED
  17. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    GREEN, Carol appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-12-02
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    GREEN, Carol appointed
    director
  19. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    GREEN, James appointed
    director
  20. 1999-12-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-12-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-12-02
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-12-02
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 "GREEN" — 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 70 — 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 70 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 26 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
Mrs Carol Green
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Green
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
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
Incorporated1999-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

The Old Surgery
School Road
Tarbert
Argyll
PA29 6UL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GREEN, Carol→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-02
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Active
GREEN, Carol→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-12-02
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Active
GREEN, James→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-02 · resigned 1999-12-02
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-02 · resigned 1999-12-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-01-16