GARDINER & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC394381 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-28
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-17
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  3. 2024-02-13
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  4. 2024-02-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-02-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-21
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  8. 2021-12-15
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  9. 2020-05-18
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  10. 2019-12-23
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  11. 2018-12-04
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  12. 2017-12-21
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  13. 2017-04-19
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-04-06
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    HAROLD, Lyndsay Jane appointed
    director
  15. 2016-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-04-01
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    HAROLD, Lyndsay Jane resigned
    director
  18. 2013-04-01
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    GARDINER, James appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As GARDINER & CO LIMITED
  20. 2011-02-28
    ➕
    HAROLD, Lyndsay Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 "GARDINER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lyndsay Jane Harold
Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2024
Mrs Laura Patricia Gardiner
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2024
Mr James Gardiner
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2017

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
Incorporated2011-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

151 Main Street
Forth
Lanarkshire
ML11 8AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GARDINER, James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2013-04-01
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HAROLD, Lyndsay Jane→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-04-06
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Active
HAROLD, Lyndsay Jane→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-02-28 · resigned 2015-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-18