GOVAL LIMITED

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SC532356 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£57.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43290Other construction installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £57,507
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,109 YoY
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£48k£72k£96k£120kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£59.7k£78.2k
Current assets£77.3k£119.6k
Cash£57.8k£95.0k
Debtors£1.0k£6.1k
Net assets£57.5k£72.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-22
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-21
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  6. 2021-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2018-09-25
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    officers · CH03
  10. 2018-09-25
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-04-25
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-04-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2018-03-21
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Laura Isabel Louisa Mcintosh appointed
    secretary
  18. 2018-03-21
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Kenneth Murdo resigned
    secretary
  19. 2016-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GOVAL LIMITED
  20. 2016-04-12
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Kenneth Murdo appointed
    director
  21. 2016-04-12
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Kenneth Murdo appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Mr Kenneth Murdo Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control12/04/2016
Mrs Laura Isabel Louisa Mcintosh Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/03/2018

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
Incorporated2016-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Bruadar Backhill Of Goval
Newmachar
Aberdeen
AB21 7NX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACLEOD, Laura Isabel Louisa Mcintosh→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-21
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Active
MACLEOD, Kenneth Murdo→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, Kenneth Murdo→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-12 · resigned 2018-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-15