GOW ANTIQUES AND RESTORATIONS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC222423 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-08
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2014-11-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-09-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-04-01
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    GOW, Anona Marion appointed
    secretary
  16. 2014-04-01
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    GOW, Donald John Harper resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-04-01
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2001-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GOW ANTIQUES AND RESTORATIONS LTD.
  19. 2001-08-21
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    GOW, Jeremy Douglas Moncrieff appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-21
    ➕
    GOW, Donald John Harper appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-08-21
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-08-21
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-08-21
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-08-21
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Jeremy Douglas Moncrieff Gow
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Anona Gow
Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
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
Incorporated2001-08-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Westby, 64 West High Street
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GOW, Anona Marion→
secretary · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOW, Jeremy Douglas Moncrieff→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOW, Donald John Harper→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-08-21
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-08-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-12-22
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2025-08-21
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2024-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
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2023-12-05
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2023-08-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
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2021-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-20