GG JOINERY LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC303379 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-05
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
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. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2023-03-28
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  5. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2018-03-30
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  11. 2017-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-08
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  13. 2016-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-09
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  15. 2015-03-20
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  16. 2014-06-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As GG JOINERY LTD.
  18. 2006-06-05
    ➕
    GARLAND, Diane Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-05
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    GARLAND, Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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  21. 2006-06-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-06-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-06-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +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 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gordon Garland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

9 Glenhome Gardens
Dyce
Aberdeen
AB21 7FG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GARLAND, Diane Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-05
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Active
GARLAND, Gordon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-05
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-05 · resigned 2006-06-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-05 · resigned 2006-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-18