MICHAEL GALL TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC249952 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-22

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£327.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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

68 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 £327,181

Cash YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£58k

↓ 5.8% YoY

Net Worth

£327k

↑ 4.1% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Cash	£58.2k	£61.8k
Net assets	£327.2k	£314.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2022-01-24
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2021-01-15
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2019-11-18
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2018-11-07
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2017-10-27
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2016-05-23
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2016-02-23
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2003-06-11
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GALL, Linda Barbara appointed
secretary
2003-06-11
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GALL, Linda Barbara appointed
director
2003-06-11
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GALL, Michael Wallace appointed
director
2003-06-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2003-06-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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2003-05-22
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Company incorporated
As MICHAEL GALL TRANSPORT LIMITED
2003-05-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2003-05-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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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 "GALL" — 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.
+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

86/100

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Wallace Gall Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Barbara Gall Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2003-05-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

6 & 7 Queens Terrace

Aberdeen

AB10 1XL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GALL, Linda Barbara→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-11

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Active

GALL, Linda Barbara→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-06-11

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Active

GALL, Michael Wallace→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-06-11

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2003-06-11

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2003-06-11

Resigned

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