GARD INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC492526 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-02
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
£60.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £60,241

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£60k
↑ 128% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£25k£37k£50k£62kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£60.2k£26.4k
Current assets£37.5k£62.4k
Net assets£60.2k£26.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-03-17
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    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-07-24
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  6. 2024-04-04
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  7. 2023-03-28
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  8. 2022-07-01
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  9. 2021-08-26
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  10. 2020-08-26
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  11. 2019-05-25
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  12. 2018-09-05
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  13. 2017-03-15
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  14. 2016-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As GARD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    MARINELLO, Philip Ettore appointed
    director
  18. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    MARINELLO, Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Ettore Marinello
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/08/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

12a Chester Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7RA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARINELLO, Philip Ettore→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-12-02
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MARINELLO, Philip→
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-12-02
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Recent filings (26 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04