W & S GIBSON (CLEANING CONTRACTORS) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC234616 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-26

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 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£499

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Window cleaning services

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £499

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£499

↑ 159% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 43% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£35.1k	£8.0k
Current assets	£4.7k	£8.1k
Net assets	£499	£193

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-01
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GIBSON, Jacqueline Anne appointed
director
2026-02-23
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2002-09-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
2002-07-26
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Company incorporated
As W & S GIBSON (CLEANING CONTRACTORS) LTD.
2002-07-26
➕
GIBSON, William appointed
secretary
2002-07-26
➕
GIBSON, Stephen appointed
director
2002-07-26
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-26
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-26
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-07-26
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 "GIBSON" — 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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GIBSON, Jacqueline Anne (same surname) appointed 2026-03-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
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.
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
Mr Stephen Gibson Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Anne Gibson Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2002-07-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81221 — Window cleaning services

Registered office

33 Sandpiper Meadows

Alloa

Clackmannanshire

FK10 1QQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-04

Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GIBSON, William→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-26

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Active

GIBSON, Jacqueline Anne→

director · ~52y · appointed 2026-03-01

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Active

GIBSON, Stephen→

director · ~56y · appointed 2002-07-26

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2002-07-26

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2002-07-26

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	18/09/2002	—

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Recent filings (60 total)

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

officers · AP01

2026-03-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-11

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-02-23