GILLIES STONECRAFTS & LANDSCAPES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC627288 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-10
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 · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-21.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,942

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£22k
↓ 144% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 210% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£22k-£16k-£11k-£5k£204£6kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£12.8k£41.7k
Current assets£5.7k£1.9k
Net assets£-21.9k£-9.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-12-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-12-01
    ➕
    GILLIES, Joel appointed
    director
  7. 2024-12-01
    ➖
    GILLIES, Donna Lisa resigned
    director
  8. 2023-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GILLIES STONECRAFTS & LANDSCAPES LTD
  13. 2019-04-10
    ➕
    GILLIES, Douglas John appointed
    director
  14. 2019-04-10
    ➕
    GILLIES, Donna Lisa appointed
    director
  15. 2019-04-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GILLIES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 Douglas John Gillies
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control10/04/2019
Mr Joel Gillies
Individual · British · DOB 04/2000 · age 26
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2026

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
Incorporated2019-04-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

37 Cruickshank Crescent
Bucksburn
Aberdeen
AB21 9BU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GILLIES, Douglas John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLIES, Joel→
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLIES, Donna Lisa→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-04-10 · resigned 2024-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-28