GILLS HARBOUR LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC364117 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-08-17

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£85.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

50100SIC 50100

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £85,660

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£71k

Net Worth

£86k

Current Assets

£79k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£85.7k
Current assets	£78.7k
Cash	£71.1k
Debtors	£7.6k
Net assets	£85.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2025-08-28
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accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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restoration · RT01
2025-05-20
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gazette · GAZ2
2025-03-04
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gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-30
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accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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BUTLER, Barry Kevin resigned
director
2023-10-11
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MOWAT, William resigned
director
2023-10-11
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officers · TM01
2023-10-11
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officers · TM01
2022-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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officers · TM01
2021-10-07
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RENNIE, Lyall resigned
director
2021-01-10
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accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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officers · AP01
2020-12-07
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officers · AP01
2020-12-07
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officers · AP01
2020-12-07
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officers · TM01
2020-12-07
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officers · TM01
2020-12-07
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2020-11-15
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BANKS, Ricky appointed
director
2020-11-15
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MEIKLE, Diane Susan appointed
director
2020-11-15
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BUTLER, Barry Kevin appointed
director
2020-11-15
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HUNT, Richard resigned
director
2020-11-15
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SHEARER, Gordon Gill resigned
director
2020-11-15
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WHITTAKER, Carole Leontine resigned
director
2020-07-01
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2020-06-01
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GIBSON, Mark John resigned
director
2019-10-18
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GIBSON, Mark John appointed
director
2019-10-18
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WHITTAKER, Carole Leontine appointed
director
2016-02-04
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GREEN, John Houston resigned
director
2015-11-11
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GREEN, John Houston resigned
secretary
2015-11-11
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GREEN, Michael James resigned
director
2015-11-11
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SINCLAIR, William Mackay resigned
director
2013-06-22
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ROSS, William resigned
director
2013-06-22
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SINCLAIR, William resigned
director
2013-03-19
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BANKS, Tony appointed
director
2013-03-19
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RENNIE, Lyall appointed
director
2012-03-20
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WILLOUGHBY, Matthew resigned
director
2011-04-05
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MILLER, William appointed
director
2011-04-05
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SINCLAIR, William Mackay appointed
director
2010-03-04
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ROSS, William appointed
director
2010-03-04
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SHEARER, Gordon Gill appointed
director
2010-03-04
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WILLOUGHBY, Matthew appointed
director
2010-02-21
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SIMPSON, William Alexander appointed
director
2010-02-21
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GREEN, Michael James appointed
director
2010-01-21
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MEIKLE, Thomas Douglas appointed
director
2010-01-21
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HUNT, Richard appointed
director
2010-01-21
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SINCLAIR, William appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2009-08-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Gills Bay Terminal

Wick

Caithness

KW1 4YB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last: 2025-08-17