GRAVITY PROTECTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC418570 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£58.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,909
Cash YoY
+42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£95k
↑ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£59k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£163k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£33k£65k£98k£131k£163kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£130.3k£108.9k
Current assets£163.3k£124.1k
Cash£94.7k£66.5k
Net assets£58.9k£37.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-08
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    REID, William Elliot appointed
    director
  3. 2026-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-02-19
    ➖
    REID, Helen Leslie Smith resigned
    director
  5. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-18
    ➕
    REID, Helen Leslie Smith appointed
    director
  9. 2022-12-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAVITY PROTECTION LIMITED
  20. 2012-03-05
    ➕
    REID, William appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-03-05
    ➕
    REID, Evan Arthur Leslie, Professor appointed
    director
  22. 2012-03-05
    ➕
    REID, Stephen Magnus appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Evan Arthur Leslie Reid
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Magnus Reid
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640

Registered office

8 Hillside Grove
Barrhead
Glasgow
G78 1HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

REID, William→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-05
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Active
REID, Evan Arthur Leslie, Professor→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-03-05
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Active
REID, Stephen Magnus→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-03-05
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Active
REID, William Elliot→
director · ~81y · appointed 2026-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Helen Leslie Smith→
director · ~79y · appointed 2022-12-18 · resigned 2026-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-22