GAULD'S FRUIT & VEG LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC236213 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-02

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

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

58 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

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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2025-05-08
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2024-02-13
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2023-06-19
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2022-05-17
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2021-06-10
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2020-08-07
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2020-05-12
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2019-05-14
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2018-06-26
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2017-09-26
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2017-09-26
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2017-05-30
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2016-03-24
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2015-10-19
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2002-09-02
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Company incorporated
As GAULD'S FRUIT & VEG LTD.
2002-09-02
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GAULD, Patricia appointed
secretary
2002-09-02
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GAULD, Patricia appointed
director
2002-09-02
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GAULD, Stuart appointed
director
2002-09-02
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-02
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-02
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-09-02
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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 "GAULD" — 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 59 — 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 59. 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 Patricia Gauld Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Gauld Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	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

Incorporated2002-09-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

26-30 Marine Place

Buckie

AB56 1UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GAULD, Patricia→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-02

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Active

GAULD, Patricia→

director · ~51y · appointed 2002-09-02

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Active

GAULD, Stuart→

director · ~59y · appointed 2002-09-02

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2002-09-02

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2002-09-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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2025-09-15

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2025-05-08

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2024-09-09

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2024-02-13

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2023-09-11

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2023-06-19

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2022-09-21

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2022-05-17

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2021-09-20

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2021-06-10

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2020-09-21

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address · AD01

2020-08-07

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accounts · AA

2020-05-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-09-16