GIM TAXIS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC205504 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-27

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

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49320

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-24

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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2024-12-15
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2023-11-30
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2022-12-04
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2022-01-05
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2020-11-29
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2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts · AA
2018-04-04
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MCLEOD, Darren James Fraser appointed
director
2018-04-04
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officers · AP01
2017-12-09
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accounts · AA
2016-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-17
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accounts · AA
2015-04-07
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-04-08
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MCLEOD, Darren James Fraser resigned
secretary
2004-07-01
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MATHIESON, Ian Frederick resigned
secretary
2003-06-26
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MCLEOD, Darren James Fraser appointed
secretary
2003-06-26
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MATHIESON, Ian Frederick resigned
director
2000-05-09
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MCGEEVER, Michael Joseph resigned
director
2000-03-27
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Company incorporated
As GIM TAXIS LTD.
2000-03-27
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MATHIESON, George William appointed
director
2000-03-27
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MATHIESON, Ian Frederick appointed
secretary
2000-03-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-03-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-03-27
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MATHIESON, Ian Frederick appointed
director
2000-03-27
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MCGEEVER, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2000-03-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-03-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George William Mathieson Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest	27/03/2017

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

Incorporated2000-03-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

45 Easter Hermitage

Edinburgh

EH6 5DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MATHIESON, George William→

director · ~61y · appointed 2000-03-27

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Active

MCLEOD, Darren James Fraser→

director · ~54y · appointed 2018-04-04

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Active

MATHIESON, Ian Frederick→

secretary · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2004-07-01

Resigned

MCLEOD, Darren James Fraser→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-26 · resigned 2014-04-08

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-03-27

Resigned

MATHIESON, Ian Frederick→

director · ~57y · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2003-06-26

Resigned

MCGEEVER, Michael Joseph→

director · ~67y · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-05-09

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-03-27

Resigned

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