GIFT ROUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC515352 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-10

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£142.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £142,058

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,714 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 69% YoY

Cash YoY

-69%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£14k

↓ 69% YoY

Net Worth

£142k

↓ 6.4% YoY

Current Assets

£58k

↓ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£150.8k	£151.8k
Current assets	£58.0k	£106.5k
Cash	£14.1k	£46.0k
Debtors	£21.2k	£24.7k
Net assets	£142.1k	£151.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-05-12
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-10
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-08-24
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capital · RP04SH01
2020-08-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
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officers · TM01
2020-03-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-20
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TAYLOR, Helen Kaye resigned
director
2020-03-20
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WILSON, Stephanie resigned
director
2019-09-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-15
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2019-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2018-07-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-06-28
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MELDRUM, Alan Macgregor appointed
director
2018-06-28
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TAYLOR, Helen Kaye appointed
director
2018-06-28
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WILSON, Stephanie appointed
director
2015-09-10
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Company incorporated
As GIFT ROUND LIMITED
2015-09-10
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FORSYTHE, Craig 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Craig Forsythe Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	01/09/2016

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

Incorporated2015-09-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

49 Castleview Drive

Bridge Of Allan

Stirling

FK9 4BD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FORSYTHE, Craig→

director · ~49y · appointed 2015-09-10

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Active

MELDRUM, Alan Macgregor→

director · ~69y · appointed 2018-06-28

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Active

TAYLOR, Helen Kaye→

director · ~56y · appointed 2018-06-28 · resigned 2020-03-20

Resigned

WILSON, Stephanie→

director · ~50y · appointed 2018-06-28 · resigned 2020-03-20

Resigned

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