G M AGRICULTURAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC259794 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-25
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees400400

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-03-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 2003-11-27
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    MORRISON, Carol Elizabeth Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-11-27
    ➕
    MORRISON, Gordon appointed
    director
  19. 2003-11-27
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-11-27
    ➖
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2003-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As G M AGRICULTURAL LIMITED
  22. 2003-11-25
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-11-25
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gordon Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Carol Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Little Colp Cottages
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 8DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MORRISON, Carol Elizabeth Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Gordon→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-11-27
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Active
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-11-25 · resigned 2003-11-27
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-11-25 · resigned 2003-11-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property31/03/2004—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26