GORDON SMITH JOINERY LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC388443 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-08

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

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£40.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £40,542

Cash YoY

-11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£23k

↓ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£41k

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Assets

£34k

↓ 4.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£41.2k	£40.2k
Current assets	£34.1k	£35.8k
Cash	£22.7k	£25.6k
Debtors	£11.3k	£10.0k
Net assets	£40.5k	£39.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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2024-04-16
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2023-03-30
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2022-04-13
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2021-08-02
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2020-06-11
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2019-08-22
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2018-08-29
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2017-11-09
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2017-08-18
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2016-11-08
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2016-11-08
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2016-11-08
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2010-11-08
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Company incorporated
As GORDON SMITH JOINERY LTD.
2010-11-08
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SMITH, Gordon appointed
director
2010-11-08
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SMITH, Pauline Mary appointed
director
2010-11-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-11-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-11-08
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-11-08
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Smith Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Pauline Mary Smith Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	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

Incorporated2010-11-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Kingscrown House

Stuartfield

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 5DU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Gordon→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-11-08

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Active

SMITH, Pauline Mary→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-11-08

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-08 · resigned 2010-11-08

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-08 · resigned 2010-11-08

Resigned

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