GROUNDWORK SOUTH AND NORTH TYNESIDE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02592100 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-03-15

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 29.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85320Technical and vocational secondary education
94110Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

77 officers (15 active, 77 linked, 73 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

226 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (159 events)Click to expand

2025-12-20
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2025-12-15
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2025-12-09
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THURSTON, Andrew Roy resigned
director
2025-07-15
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2025-07-03
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2025-04-28
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MARSHALL, Lee appointed
director
2025-04-17
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2025-04-17
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2025-03-20
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OWEN, Jeffrey David resigned
director
2025-01-21
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2025-01-21
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2025-01-21
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2025-01-15
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HASSAN, Jamilah Shaaban appointed
director
2025-01-13
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CRAFT, James Robert Alfred appointed
director
2025-01-07
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SYMINGTON, Gillian appointed
director
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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CUTHBERTSON, Michael James resigned
director
2024-12-05
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TURTON, Danielle resigned
director
2024-08-21
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2024-06-13
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WOODS, Andrew Richard, Dr appointed
director
2024-05-15
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2024-05-15
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2024-05-15
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2024-03-19
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CREWS, Kelly resigned
director
2024-03-01
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2024-03-01
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2024-02-26
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FERGUSON, Christopher Alan, Dr resigned
director
2024-02-19
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OVERTON, Mark Stephen resigned
director
2024-01-11
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2023-11-08
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2023-11-08
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2023-10-23
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BROWN, Susan appointed
director
2023-10-23
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LEE, Richard appointed
director
2023-09-21
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officers · TM01
2023-06-06
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DONNELLY, Catherine Anne resigned
director
2023-04-06
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2023-03-02
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SIDDALL, Anna resigned
director
2022-12-08
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WATTS, Andrew Richard appointed
secretary
2022-09-22
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DEAN, Stephen, Cllr appointed
director
2022-07-21
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STRIKE, Alison, Councillor resigned
director
2022-06-16
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BROADHURST, Sian Terri appointed
director
2022-06-16
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CREWS, Kelly appointed
director
2022-03-03
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CRIPPS, Jeremy Robert appointed
director
2022-03-01
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OVERTON, Mark Stephen appointed
director
2021-12-01
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ROBSON, Derrick Laland resigned
secretary
2021-12-01
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CHARLTON, Mark resigned
director
2021-12-01
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ROBSON, Derrick Laland resigned
director
2021-09-23
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STRIKE, Alison, Councillor appointed
director
2021-09-23
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THURSTON, Andrew Roy appointed
director
2021-08-19
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BRAND, Stephen appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1991-03-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

The Eco Centre

Windmill Way

Hebburn

Tyne And Wear

NE31 1SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21