G & R SUTHERLAND LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC230181 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-10

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£443.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £442,962

Cash YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£246k

↓ 6.2% YoY

Net Worth

£443k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Cash	£245.8k	£262.1k
Net assets	£443.0k	£386.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-19
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mortgage · MR01
2014-06-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2014-04-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2004-01-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2002-04-10
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Company incorporated
As G & R SUTHERLAND LTD.
2002-04-10
➕
SUTHERLAND, Tracy Ann appointed
secretary
2002-04-10
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SUTHERLAND, Richard William appointed
director
2002-04-10
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SUTHERLAND, Tracy Ann appointed
director
2002-04-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "SUTHERLAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Tracy Ann Sutherland Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/04/2017
Mr Richard William Sutherland Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/04/2017

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

Incorporated2002-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Victoria Road

Bora

Sutherland

KW9 6LN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-15

Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Tracy Ann→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

SUTHERLAND, Richard William→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

SUTHERLAND, Tracy Ann→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-10

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	05/06/2014	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	23/01/2004	—

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