GILLFORD CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC317913 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£39.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,363
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£51k
↑ 7.0% YoY
Net Worth
£39k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£31k£46k£61k£76kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£39.4k£36.4k
Current assets£75.1k£76.4k
Cash£50.6k£47.3k
Debtors£24.5k£29.1k
Net assets£39.4k£36.4k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-03-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-04-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As GILLFORD CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  17. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    BARROWMAN, Wilma appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    BARROWMAN, Clifford appointed
    director
  19. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    BARROWMAN, Wilma appointed
    director
  20. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-03-07
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-03-07
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Clifford Barrowman
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

16 Royal Terrace
Glasgow
G3 7NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BARROWMAN, Wilma→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-07
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Active
BARROWMAN, Clifford→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-03-07
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Active
BARROWMAN, Wilma→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-03-07
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2007-03-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2007-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-02