GTM SERVICE LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC382951 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-02

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	4	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-06-30
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2024-06-27
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2023-06-30
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2022-09-01
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2022-08-31
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2022-08-30
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2021-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-17
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officers · AP03
2020-11-01
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GLEN, Holly appointed
secretary
2020-06-17
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2019-03-26
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2018-03-19
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2017-03-27
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2016-03-23
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2015-09-03
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2010-08-02
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Company incorporated
As GTM SERVICE LTD
2010-08-02
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TURRIFF, Andrew appointed
secretary
2010-08-02
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GLEN, George appointed
director
2010-08-02
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MELDRUM, Eion Robert appointed
director
2010-08-02
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TURRIFF, Andrew Eion appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Eion Turriff Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Eion Robert Meldrum Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr George Glen Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-08-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

9 Tom Johnston Road

West Pitkerro Industrial Estate

Dundee

DD4 8XD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-16

Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

GLEN, Holly→

secretary · appointed 2020-11-01

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TURRIFF, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2010-08-02

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GLEN, George→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-08-02

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MELDRUM, Eion Robert→

director · ~77y · appointed 2010-08-02

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TURRIFF, Andrew Eion→

director · ~51y · appointed 2010-08-02

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Recent filings (35 total)

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2026-03-31

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2025-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-06

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gazette · DISS40

2022-09-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-31

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-08-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-29

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officers · AP03

2020-11-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-10