G-FORCE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC299612 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.2y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-06-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2008-01-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2007-08-29➕ROSS, Christina Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2007-08-29➖MACLEOD, Graham resignedsecretary
- 2007-04-01➖MACLEOD, Graham resigneddirector
- 2007-02-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-03-27🏢Company incorporatedAs G-FORCE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
- 2006-03-27➕ROSS, Gordon John appointeddirector
- 2006-03-27➕MACLEOD, Graham appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-27➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-27➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-27➕MACLEOD, Graham appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gordon John Ross Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Christina Elizabeth Ross Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
56 Redwood Avenue
Inverness
IV2 6HA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ROSS, Christina Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROSS, Gordon John→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACLEOD, Graham→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2007-08-29
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27
MACLEOD, Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2007-04-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 28/06/2011 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 06/02/2007 | 24/01/2008 |
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Recent filings (58 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-11-05