GINKGO PROJECTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC217094 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-21

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-15
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-15
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2025-11-06
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officers · AP01
2025-11-05
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LITTLEWOOD, Alice Henrietta appointed
director
2025-11-05
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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2023-12-21
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2022-09-14
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2021-12-09
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2020-12-17
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2020-01-06
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2018-12-18
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2018-01-08
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2017-01-12
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accounts · AA
2001-03-28
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LITTLEWOOD, Alice appointed
secretary
2001-03-28
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LITTLEWOOD, Thomas Robinson appointed
director
2001-03-28
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HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-28
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HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED resigned
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2001-03-21
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Company incorporated
As GINKGO PROJECTS LTD.
2001-03-21
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HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-21
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HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED appointed
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Robinson Littlewood Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-03-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Ginko Projects Limited

Lagganhill

Dunscore

Dumfries & Galloway

DG2 0JT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LITTLEWOOD, Alice→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-28

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Active

LITTLEWOOD, Alice Henrietta→

director · ~60y · appointed 2025-11-05

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Active

LITTLEWOOD, Thomas Robinson→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-03-28

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Active

HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-21 · resigned 2001-03-28

Resigned

HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-21 · resigned 2001-03-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-23

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-12-18

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2025-12-18

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2025-12-15

statement-of-companys-objects

change-of-constitution · CC04

2025-12-15

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-11-06