GARVOCK PLANNING SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC550507 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 21 → 22
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 2122
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£45.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,084

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£45k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£131k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£26k£52k£79k£105k£131kNov 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£45.1k£40.6k£83.4k
Current assets£130.9k£121.8k£128.9k
Net assets£45.1k£40.6k£83.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-11-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GARVOCK PLANNING SERVICES LIMITED
  14. 2016-11-17
    YOUNG, Colin Campbell appointed
    director
  15. 2016-11-17
    YOUNG, Morag appointed
    director
  16. 2016-11-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Colin Campbell Young
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/11/2016
Morag Young
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/11/2016

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
Incorporated2016-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Rubislaw Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1XE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

YOUNG, Colin Campbell
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-11-17
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Active
YOUNG, Morag
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-11-17
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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-02