IN THE GUTTERS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC738943 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: medium (79/100)

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
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
15 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
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100200

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
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Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-26
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-08-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-08-01
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  10. 2023-08-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-08-01
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  12. 2022-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As IN THE GUTTERS LIMITED
  13. 2022-07-21
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    WOOD, Ellouise appointed
    director
  14. 2022-07-21
    ➕
    WOOD, Gordon appointed
    director
  15. 2022-07-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

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 Gordon Wood
Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/07/2022
Ellouise Wood
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/07/2022

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
Incorporated2022-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

26-30 Marine Place
Buckie
AB56 1UT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WOOD, Ellouise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Gordon→
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-21