GAEL FORCE ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC394817 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-04
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 12.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 30110SIC 30110
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2023-12-31
Average employees4700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
    ➖
    OFFORD, Stephen John Joseph resigned
    director
  2. 2025-10-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-01-23
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    Charge satisfied #2
  7. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-02-01
    ➕
    SWANSON, Rhiann Marie appointed
    director
  10. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-06-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2021-06-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2021-05-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2021-05-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-07-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Timothy Richard Harvey resigned
    director
  20. 2020-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2020-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-06-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  23. 2020-06-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  24. 2020-06-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Robert Arthur appointed
    secretary
  25. 2020-06-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Robert Arthur appointed
    director
  26. 2020-06-01
    ➕
    YOUNG, James Mcleod appointed
    director
  27. 2020-06-01
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Timothy Richard Harvey resigned
    secretary
  28. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  29. 2017-12-01
    ➕
    OFFORD, Stephen John Joseph appointed
    director
  30. 2017-07-28
    ➖
    OFFORD, John Stephen resigned
    director
  31. 2014-10-24
    ➖
    MACDOUGALL, Calum Michael resigned
    director
  32. 2014-05-23
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Calum Michael appointed
    director
  33. 2014-05-23
    ➕
    OFFORD, John Stephen appointed
    director
  34. 2014-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 2014-01-06
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Timothy Richard Harvey appointed
    director
  36. 2012-07-02
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Timothy Richard Harvey appointed
    secretary
  37. 2011-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GAEL FORCE ENGINEERING LIMITED
  38. 2011-03-04
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Gael Force Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gael Force Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GAEL FORCE ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · SC394817

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gael Force Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

136 Anderson Street
Inverness
Inverness-Shire
IV3 8DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

FOSTER, Robert Arthur→
secretary · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOSTER, Robert Arthur→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Stewart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-04
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Active
SWANSON, Rhiann Marie→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, James Mcleod→
director · ~50y · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Timothy Richard Harvey→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-02 · resigned 2020-06-01
Resigned
MACDOUGALL, Calum Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-05-23 · resigned 2014-10-24
Resigned
OFFORD, John Stephen→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-05-23 · resigned 2017-07-28
Resigned
OFFORD, Stephen John Joseph→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-12-01 · resigned 2025-10-21
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Timothy Richard Harvey→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-01-06 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—10/05/202123/01/2024
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property28/01/201403/06/2021

Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-03