CITY GATE CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC244614 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-25

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.5y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £4,174,147

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Profit before tax	£4.17M	£3.28M
Average employees	194	22400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-31
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MCDOWELL, Ronald resigned
director
2025-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-07
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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PHIMISTER, William resigned
director
2022-11-21
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REILLY, Antony appointed
director
2022-11-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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MATTHEWS, Walter resigned
director
2022-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-19
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-10-19
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-10-04
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MATTHEWS, Walter appointed
director
2021-09-09
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REILLY, Theresa appointed
secretary
2021-09-09
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TRACEY, Gerald Joseph resigned
secretary
2021-09-09
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TRACEY, Gerald Joseph resigned
director
2021-05-20
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REILLY, Theresa Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-05-20
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PHIMISTER, William appointed
director
2021-05-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-01
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GRAY, David Andrew resigned
director
2019-08-05
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WHYTE, Neil appointed
director
2018-06-01
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PALMER, David appointed
director
2017-10-06
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MENZIES, Robert resigned
director
2017-03-01
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TRACEY, Gerald Joseph appointed
secretary
2017-03-01
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MENZIES, Robert appointed
director
2017-03-01
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TRACEY, Gerald Joseph appointed
director
2017-02-28
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STEVENSON, Thomas resigned
secretary
2016-04-01
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GRAY, David Andrew appointed
director
2014-04-28
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MCDOWELL, Ronald appointed
director
2013-11-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-11-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-02-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2006-07-01
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REILLY, Theresa resigned
secretary
2006-07-01
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STEVENSON, Thomas appointed
secretary
2004-12-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2003-02-25
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Company incorporated
As CITY GATE CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2003-02-25
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REILLY, Leo James appointed
director
2003-02-25
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REILLY, Theresa appointed
secretary
2003-02-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

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Owner dependency

66/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — REILLY, Antony (same surname) appointed 2022-11-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Cgc Eot Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cgc Eot Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CITY GATE CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

This company · SC244614

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cgc Eot Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	04/04/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Leo James Reillyceased 15/05/2024· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-02-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Unit 3 Imperial Park

West Avenue

Linwood

Renfrewshire

PA1 2FB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-16

Last: 2025-07-02