GILLESPIE GIFFORD & BROWN LLP
💤Zombieactive
SO301610 · llp · incorporated 2007-11-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (62/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-02📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2026-01-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-11-23📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-12-12📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-12-05📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2023-05-25📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2023-04-01➖MCELROY, Valerie Anne resignedllp-designated-member
- 2022-12-20📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-12-20📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-01➕EVANS, Victoria appointedllp-designated-member
- 2021-12-21📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2021-12-21📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2021-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01➖MCDONALD, Iain William resignedllp-designated-member
- 2020-11-12📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2020-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-11📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2019-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-16📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2018-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-13📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2017-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-31➖SCOTT, Gavin Stewart resignedllp-designated-member
- 2011-10-01➕TURNBULL, Adam appointedllp-designated-member
- 2008-03-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-11-09🏢Company incorporatedAs GILLESPIE GIFFORD & BROWN LLP
- 2007-11-09➕MCATEER, Abby Claire appointedllp-designated-member
- 2007-11-09➕MCDONALD, Iain William appointedllp-designated-member
- 2007-11-09➕MCELROY, Valerie Anne appointedllp-designated-member
- 2007-11-09➕SCOTT, Gavin Stewart appointedllp-designated-member
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2007-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—
Registered office
135 King Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 1LZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
EVANS, Victoria→
Activellp-designated-member · ~37y · appointed 2022-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCATEER, Abby Claire→
Activellp-designated-member · ~51y · appointed 2007-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNBULL, Adam→
Activellp-designated-member · ~45y · appointed 2011-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, Iain William→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~65y · appointed 2007-11-09 · resigned 2021-04-01
MCELROY, Valerie Anne→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~64y · appointed 2007-11-09 · resigned 2023-04-01
SCOTT, Gavin Stewart→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~75y · appointed 2007-11-09 · resigned 2014-03-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 26/03/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-02-02
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-01-30
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2025-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-01-10
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2023-12-05
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-12-20
appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-12-21