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.
🔒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
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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,942
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£22k
↓ 144% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 210% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
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
- 2026-04-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-01➕GILLIES, Joel appointeddirector
- 2024-12-01➖GILLIES, Donna Lisa resigneddirector
- 2023-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs GILLIES STONECRAFTS & LANDSCAPES LTD
- 2019-04-10➕GILLIES, Douglas John appointeddirector
- 2019-04-10➕GILLIES, Donna Lisa appointeddirector
- 2019-04-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Douglas John Gillies Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 10/04/2019 |
Mr Joel Gillies Individual · British · DOB 04/2000 · age 26 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/01/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2019-04-10
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GILLIES, Joel→
Activedirector · ~26y · appointed 2024-12-01
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GILLIES, Donna Lisa→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2019-04-10 · resigned 2024-12-01
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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