GIBSON FENCING SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC293382 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-18
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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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees300300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-11-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2008-05-29
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    GIBSON, Sandra appointed
    director
  17. 2007-08-08
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    GIBSON, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-08-08
    ➖
    GIBSON, Dean Mclaren resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-08-08
    ➖
    MCLEAN, Andrew Glen resigned
    director
  20. 2005-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GIBSON FENCING SUPPLIES LIMITED
  21. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    GIBSON, Dean Mclaren appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-18
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    GIBSON, Dean Mclaren appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-11-18
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-18
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-11-18
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    MCLEAN, Andrew Glen appointed
    director
  26. 2005-11-18
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-11-18
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GIBSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mr Dean Mclaren Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Sandra Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2005-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

9 West Mains Industrial Estate
Grangemouth
FK3 8YE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GIBSON, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Dean Mclaren→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Sandra→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Dean Mclaren→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2007-08-08
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned
MCLEAN, Andrew Glen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2007-08-08
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18