GELANDER LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC250851 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£22k£44k£66k£88k£110kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£88.7k
Current assets—£110.2k
Cash—£110.2k
Net assets—£88.7k
Average employees200—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-09-13
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    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2017-09-12
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-01
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    BANNISTER, Sandra appointed
    director
  18. 2011-07-05
    ➖
    BANNISTER, Ruth Karen Tay resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-07-01
    ➖
    BANNISTER, Ruth Karen Tay resigned
    director
  20. 2010-10-12
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    BANNISTER, Ruth Karen Tay appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As GELANDER LTD.
  22. 2003-06-10
    ➕
    BANNISTER, Jonathan appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-10
    ➕
    BANNISTER, Ruth Karen Tay appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-06-10
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-06-10
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-06-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-06-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 69. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Bannister
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Kirkbrae House Parleyhill
Culross
Dunfermline
KY12 8JD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BANNISTER, Jonathan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANNISTER, Sandra→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANNISTER, Ruth Karen Tay→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-10 · resigned 2011-07-05
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-10 · resigned 2003-06-10
Resigned
BANNISTER, Ruth Karen Tay→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-10-12 · resigned 2011-07-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-10 · resigned 2003-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06