THE GT4 GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC226642 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-31

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£-1.90M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 24.0y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,904,836

Very low cash

Cash position: £15

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,087,980 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 96% YoY

Cash YoY

-96%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15

↓ 96% YoY

Net Worth

-£1.9m

↓ 1140% YoY

Current Assets

£165k

↓ 68% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-1.90M	£183.1k
Current assets	£165.0k	£514.5k
Cash	£15	£412
Debtors	£165.0k	£514.1k
Net assets	£-1.90M	£183.1k

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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accounts · AA
2026-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
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officers · CH01
2025-12-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
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officers · CH01
2025-06-12
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officers · TM01
2025-06-04
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MACDONALD, Angus resigned
director
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-09-03
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address · AD01
2024-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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capital · SH01
2022-07-04
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capital · SH10
2022-07-04
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capital · SH10
2022-07-04
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capital · SH10
2022-07-04
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capital · SH10
2022-06-30
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mortgage · MR04
2022-06-30
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Charge satisfied #8
2022-06-27
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mortgage · MR01
2022-06-20
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Charge satisfied #7
2022-06-20
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Charge satisfied #6
2022-06-20
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Charge satisfied #5
2022-06-17
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Close Invoice Finance LTD
2018-09-03
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-08-30
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2017-04-07
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Maven Capital Partners UK LLP (As Security Trustee for and on Behalf of the Scottish Loan Fund L.P)
2016-06-01
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
2016-02-01
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COLL, Mark appointed
director
2016-02-01
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MACDONALD, Angus appointed
director
2015-10-09
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
2015-09-22
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COLL, Mark resigned
director
2015-09-22
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MACDONALD, Angus resigned
director
2015-01-30
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COLL, Mark appointed
director
2015-01-30
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MACDONALD, Angus appointed
director
2013-01-24
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Harry Cockburn (Chemists) Limited Executive Pension Scheme
2012-06-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-06-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-05-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-02-28
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LINDSAY, Colin appointed
director
2011-02-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-02-01
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LINDSAY, Colin resigned
director
2009-10-02
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LINDSAY, Colin appointed
director
2009-08-10
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SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2009-05-25
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CUMMING, Stephen Robert appointed
director
2007-03-13
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BROWN, Thomas appointed
director
2007-03-09
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REID, John Robertson resigned
director
2002-05-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian James Johnstone Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Elaine Margaret Johnstone Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2001-12-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

70 C/O Robb Fergusson Chartered Accountants

West Regent Street

Glasgow

G2 2QZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last: 2026-01-07