GORTWELLA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC262563 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-28
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£541.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £541,871

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£542k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£429k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£108k£217k£325k£433k£542kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£541.9k£537.8k
Current assets£429.2k£437.4k
Net assets£541.9k£537.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-30
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  3. 2025-01-30
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  4. 2025-01-30
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  5. 2025-01-28
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  6. 2024-08-01
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  7. 2024-03-22
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  8. 2024-03-22
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-12-19
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  10. 2022-12-08
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  11. 2021-12-14
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  12. 2020-10-09
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  13. 2019-12-24
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  14. 2019-01-28
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  15. 2018-12-13
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  16. 2017-12-03
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  17. 2016-02-08
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    EWART, Bruce William appointed
    director
  18. 2009-01-01
    ➕
    EWART, Barrie William appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    EWART, Diana Margaret resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As GORTWELLA LIMITED
  21. 2004-01-28
    ➕
    EWART, Barrie William appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-28
    ➕
    EWART, Diana Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2004-01-28
    ➕
    EWART, Diana Margaret appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-01-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-01-28
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bruce William Ewart
Individual · British · DOB 05/1991 · age 35
75–100%
—75-100% shares27/01/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Diana Margaret Ewartceased 27/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Barrie William Ewartceased 27/01/2025· 25-50% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Autosales, Lindsay Street
Kirriemuir
Angus
DD8 5AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

EWART, Barrie William→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EWART, Barrie William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EWART, Bruce William→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EWART, Diana Margaret→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EWART, Diana Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-28 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-28 · resigned 2004-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01