GARDINER TRAILERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC266838 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-22
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees7700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-06-09
    ➕
    GARDINER, William appointed
    director
  9. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As GARDINER TRAILERS LIMITED
  19. 2004-04-22
    ➕
    GARDINER, Lorraine Madeline appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-04-22
    ➕
    GARDINER, Lorraine Madeline appointed
    director
  21. 2004-04-22
    ➕
    GARDINER, Ronald appointed
    director
  22. 2004-04-22
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-04-22
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GARDINER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GARDINER, William (same surname) appointed 2021-06-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lorraine Madeline Gardiner
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Ronald Gardiner
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

Tillyhoit Bungalow, Carmyllie
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 2QZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-06
Last: 2025-04-22

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

GARDINER, Lorraine Madeline→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-22
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Active
GARDINER, Lorraine Madeline→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-04-22
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Active
GARDINER, Ronald→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-04-22
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Active
GARDINER, William→
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-22 · resigned 2004-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-20