GORDONS RESTAURANT LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC239223 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-06

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£84.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £84,374

Cash YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£57k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£84k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£84.4k	£61.2k
Cash	£56.7k	£56.4k
Net assets	£84.4k	£61.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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2022-08-16
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2021-07-15
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2020-06-10
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2019-08-26
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2018-11-08
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2018-11-08
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2018-10-02
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2017-09-22
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2016-11-09
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2016-10-19
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2016-06-18
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WATSON, Gordon resigned
director
2015-11-17
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2015-11-16
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2002-11-11
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WATSON, Maria Joan appointed
secretary
2002-11-11
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WATSON, Garry Robert appointed
director
2002-11-11
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WATSON, Maria Joan appointed
director
2002-11-11
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2002-11-11
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WATSON, Gordon appointed
director
2002-11-11
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2002-11-06
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Company incorporated
As GORDONS RESTAURANT LTD
2002-11-06
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2002-11-06
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Garry Robert Watson Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Maria Joan Watson Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2002-11-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd

Traill Drive

Montrose

Angus

DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WATSON, Maria Joan→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-11

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Active

WATSON, Garry Robert→

director · ~50y · appointed 2002-11-11

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Active

WATSON, Maria Joan→

director · ~75y · appointed 2002-11-11

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-06 · resigned 2002-11-11

Resigned

WATSON, Gordon→

director · ~80y · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2016-06-18

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-06 · resigned 2002-11-11

Resigned

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