GSLP TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC260999 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-16
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2026-01-21
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  3. 2026-01-21
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  4. 2026-01-08
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  5. 2026-01-08
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  6. 2026-01-07
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  7. 2025-09-10
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  8. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-05-02
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    MACANDREW, Donald Forbes resigned
    director
  10. 2024-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  12. 2024-03-05
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  17. 2024-03-05
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  18. 2024-03-05
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  22. 2024-03-05
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    officers · CH01
  23. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-07-31
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    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan resigned
    director
  25. 2011-08-01
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2011-07-31
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    THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-01-19
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    NASH, Margaret Janet appointed
    director
  28. 2005-06-01
    ➖
    DRUMMOND, Alistair David resigned
    director
  29. 2003-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As GSLP TRUSTEES LIMITED
  30. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    BEVERIDGE, Stuart Gordon Nicholas appointed
    director
  31. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    DUTHIE, Andrew appointed
    director
  32. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    MACANDREW, Hilary Anne Barrowman appointed
    director
  33. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-12-16
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    DRUMMOND, Alistair David appointed
    director
  37. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    MACANDREW, Donald Forbes appointed
    director
  38. 2003-12-16
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • 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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Derek O'Neill
Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/03/2020
Mr Stuart Gordon Nicholas Beveridge
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Duthie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret Janet Nash
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Hilary Anne Barrowman Macandrew
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sheila Ewan Ritchieceased 31/07/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Donald Forbes Macandrewceased 31/10/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated2003-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Amicable House
252 Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEVERIDGE, Stuart Gordon Nicholas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUTHIE, Andrew→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACANDREW, Hilary Anne Barrowman→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NASH, Margaret Janet→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-16 · resigned 2003-12-16
Resigned
THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-16 · resigned 2011-07-31
Resigned
DRUMMOND, Alistair David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-12-16 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
MACANDREW, Donald Forbes→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-12-16 · resigned 2024-05-02
Resigned
RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-12-16 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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2024-03-05
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