GSB LANDSCAPES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC354223 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£228.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £228,026
Cash YoY
+122%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£186k
↑ 122% YoY
Net Worth
£228k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£349k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £269.5k | £258.1k |
| Current assets | £348.8k | £294.5k |
| Cash | £186.5k | £83.9k |
| Debtors | £158.3k | £206.6k |
| Net assets | £228.0k | £224.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06➕ALLAN, Paul appointeddirector
- 2021-08-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-01-29🏢Company incorporatedAs GSB LANDSCAPES LTD.
- 2009-01-29➕HUTTON, Pamela appointedsecretary
- 2009-01-29➕HUTTON, Pamela appointeddirector
- 2009-01-29➕HUTTON, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2009-01-29➕TRAINER, Peter appointedsecretary
- 2009-01-29➖TRAINER, Peter resignedsecretary
- 2009-01-29➕MCINTOSH, Susan appointeddirector
- 2009-01-29➖MCINTOSH, Susan resigneddirector
- 2009-01-29➕TRAINER, Peter appointeddirector
- 2009-01-29➖TRAINER, Peter resigneddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Hutton Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2017 |
Mrs Pamela Hutton Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
91 Alexander Street
Airdrie
ML6 0BD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
Active
Active
HUTTON, Pamela→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUTTON, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TRAINER, Peter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29
MCINTOSH, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29
TRAINER, Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/04/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-12