G H J S LTD.

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SC353072 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£155.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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 £155,088
Cash draining
Cash down 40% YoY
Cash YoY
-40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£68k
↓ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£155k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£500k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£108k£217k£325k£433k£542kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£497.6k£540.0k
Current assets£499.9k£541.7k
Cash£67.9k£113.5k
Net assets£155.1k£146.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-27
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-27
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  4. 2026-01-27
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  5. 2026-01-05
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    THOMPSON, Joanne Susan appointed
    director
  6. 2026-01-05
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    THOMPSON, Joanne Susan resigned
    director
  7. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  8. 2024-05-23
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  9. 2023-11-09
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  10. 2023-10-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  13. 2021-05-26
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  14. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2018-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-01-16
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Joanne Susan appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-06
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    Company incorporated
    As G H J S LTD.
  20. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    SMYTH, Robert Terence appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    SMYTH, Glen Henry Gordon appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    SMYTH, Robert Terence appointed
    director
  23. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-01-06
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  26. 2009-01-06
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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 Joanne Susan Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/01/2026
Mr Glen Henry Gordon Smyth
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Joanne Susan Thompsonceased 05/01/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

18 Clevans Road
Bridge Of Weir
Renfrewshire
PA11 3HP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

SMYTH, Robert Terence→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMYTH, Glen Henry Gordon→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-01-06
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Active
SMYTH, Robert Terence→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Joanne Susan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2026-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2009-01-06
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2009-01-06
Resigned
THOMPSON, Joanne Susan→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-01-16 · resigned 2026-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06