R W GIBSON & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC427692 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-05

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5	500

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2024-10-23
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2022-12-21
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2021-08-11
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2020-12-01
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2019-10-16
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2019-07-24
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2019-07-24
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officers · CH01
2018-12-05
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accounts · AA
2017-09-04
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2016-09-29
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2015-08-05
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2015-07-20
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2013-10-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2013-08-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-07-05
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Company incorporated
As R W GIBSON & SONS LIMITED
2012-07-05
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GIBSON, Donald appointed
director
2012-07-05
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GIBSON, Robert Donald appointed
director

Owner dependency

94/100

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 "GIBSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Donald Gibson Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	07/04/2016
Mr Donald Gibson Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-07-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

3 Wellington Square

Ayr

Ayrshire

KA7 1EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GIBSON, Donald→

director · ~57y · appointed 2012-07-05

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GIBSON, Robert Donald→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-07-05

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	30/10/2013	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	23/08/2013	—

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