GRIEVE DECOR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07045019 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-15
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees800900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-07-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-07-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-07-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-06-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-10
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    address · AD01
  16. 2009-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As GRIEVE DECOR LIMITED
  17. 2009-10-15
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    GRIEVE, Linda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-10-15
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    GRIEVE, Iain Angus appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-15
    ➕
    GRIEVE, Linda appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-15
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-10-15
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-10-15
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    STEWARD, Vikki appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-15
    ➖
    STEWARD, Vikki resigned
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "GRIEVE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Linda Grieve
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Iain Angus Grieve
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRIEVE, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIEVE, Iain Angus→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIEVE, Linda→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2009-10-15
Resigned
STEWARD, Vikki→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2009-10-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
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accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16