GANTEN SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC431913 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-05
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.72M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,719,372
Net assets shrinking
Down £88,352 YoY
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
↓ 6.5% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£362k£723k£1.1m£1.4m£1.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.72M£1.81M
Current assets£1.20M£1.29M
Cash£1.19M£1.27M
Debtors£5.7k£9.9k
Net assets£1.72M£1.81M

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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  2. 2024-09-23
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  3. 2023-08-26
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  4. 2022-08-28
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  5. 2021-12-15
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  6. 2021-12-09
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    MENGJIA, Chen resigned
    director
  7. 2021-09-10
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  8. 2020-08-28
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  9. 2019-09-11
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  10. 2018-09-21
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  11. 2017-09-19
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  12. 2016-09-29
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  13. 2015-11-26
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  14. 2015-08-28
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  15. 2015-03-14
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  16. 2015-03-13
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  17. 2012-11-06
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    GU, Xiao Chun appointed
    secretary
  18. 2012-11-06
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    MCCOLM, Meiqin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-11-06
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    MCCOLM, Mei Qin resigned
    director
  20. 2012-10-12
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    GU, Xiao Chun appointed
    director
  21. 2012-10-12
    ➕
    GU, Xiao Chun appointed
    director
  22. 2012-10-12
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    GU, Xiao Chun resigned
    director
  23. 2012-10-01
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    ZHOU, Jingliang appointed
    director
  24. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    ZHOU, Jun appointed
    director
  25. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    GU, Xiao Chun appointed
    director
  26. 2012-10-01
    ➖
    GU, Xiao Chun resigned
    director
  27. 2012-10-01
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    MENGJIA, Chen appointed
    director
  28. 2012-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As GANTEN SCOTLAND LIMITED
  29. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    MCCOLM, Meiqin appointed
    secretary
  30. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    MCCOLM, Mei Qin 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 76 — 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 76 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Xiao Chun Gu
Individual · Canadian · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Estate Office
Blairquhan Estate
Maybole
Ayrshire
KA19 7LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

GU, Xiao Chun→
secretary · appointed 2012-11-06
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Active
GU, Xiao Chun→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-12
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Active
ZHOU, Jingliang→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-10-01
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Active
ZHOU, Jun→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-10-01
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Active
MCCOLM, Meiqin→
secretary · appointed 2012-09-05 · resigned 2012-11-06
Resigned
GU, Xiao Chun→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-12 · resigned 2012-10-12
Resigned
GU, Xiao Chun→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2012-10-01
Resigned
MCCOLM, Mei Qin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-09-05 · resigned 2012-11-06
Resigned
MENGJIA, Chen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2021-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2025-11-14
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2025-07-09
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2024-11-19
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2024-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
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accounts · AA
2023-08-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-28
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officers · TM01
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
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2020-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2019-09-11