G SUTHERLAND BUILDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC248747 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-02

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Likely a small, owner-operated construction business based in Shetland, Scotland, carrying out day-to-day building finishing and completion work such as plastering, tiling, painting, or similar interior and exterior finishing trades for local residential or commercial clients.

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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

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

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	0	0

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 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2025-01-23
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2024-01-11
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2023-01-11
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2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2019-03-11
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accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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officers · TM02
2018-08-15
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SUTHERLAND, Mary Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2018-01-22
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accounts · AA
2017-01-10
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accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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2016-01-05
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2015-05-15
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-09
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accounts · AA
2004-05-11
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SUTHERLAND, George resigned
secretary
2003-05-02
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Company incorporated
As G SUTHERLAND BUILDERS LIMITED
2003-05-02
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SUTHERLAND, George appointed
director
2003-05-02
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SUTHERLAND, George appointed
secretary
2003-05-02
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SUTHERLAND, Mary Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2003-05-02
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-05-02
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-05-02
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-05-02
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Construction · ZE postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
G & S FLOORING LTD.→ SC242712 · est 2003	—	—	—	900	23y	83	64y
D & R CONTRACTORS LIMITED→ SC338244 · est 2008	—	—	—	500	18y	82	62y
DECOCRETE BUILDING LIMITED→ SC351689 · est 2008	—	—	—	200	17y	82	59y
MCKAY & SINCLAIR LTD→ SC377277 · est 2010	—	—	—	4	16y	82	60y
MCKIMMS LTD→ SC336833 · est 2008	—	—	£2.06M	—	18y	82	70y
SHETLAND HEATWISE→ SC140012 · est 1992	—	—	—	13	33y	82	80y
E & H BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD.→ SC297213 · est 2006	—	—	£3.80M	—	20y	81	62y
HJALTLAND TRADING LIMITED→ SC261152 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	81	77y
C & M BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED→ SC339136 · est 2008	—	—	£34.8k	—	18y	80	59y
J S BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD→ SC385658 · est 2010	—	—	—	400	15y	80	62y
M. RATTER LIMITED→ SC274523 · est 2004	—	—	£68.2k	—	21y	80	67y
KEVIN SUTHERLAND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC248548 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-05-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Parkhead Ireland

Bigton

Shetland

ZE2 9JA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-16

Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, George→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-05-02

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Active

SUTHERLAND, George→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-02 · resigned 2004-05-11

Resigned

SUTHERLAND, Mary Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-02 · resigned 2018-08-15

Resigned

C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-02 · resigned 2003-05-02

Resigned

CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-05-02 · resigned 2003-05-02

Resigned

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