GT AUTOMOTIVE PAISLEY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC396986 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 67 → 75
· Bankability: 65 → 75
· Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 67 → 75
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£244.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £244,768

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£245k

↑ 3.5% YoY

Current Assets

£410k

↑ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£363.7k	£305.4k
Current assets	£410.1k	£319.4k
Net assets	£244.8k	£236.5k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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2026-03-31
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2024-04-30
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2023-03-31
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2022-03-29
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2021-03-26
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2019-12-29
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2018-12-27
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2017-11-07
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2017-05-24
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2017-03-15
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2016-05-06
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2016-04-30
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2015-12-11
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2011-04-04
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Company incorporated
As GT AUTOMOTIVE PAISLEY LIMITED
2011-04-04
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TIGHE, Gary Jack appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gary Jack Tighe Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/04/2017

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

Incorporated2011-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

90c Murray Business Park

Murray Street

Paisley

PA3 1QT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TIGHE, Gary Jack→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-04-04

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Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-05-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-12-29