GBM OAKHAM LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15739110 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-24
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-16
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  3. 2025-10-16
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  4. 2025-10-16
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  5. 2025-04-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-05-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GBM OAKHAM LIMITED
  7. 2024-05-24
    GRANTHAM, Simon Harvey appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Gbm Uk Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gbm Uk Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
GBM OAKHAM LIMITED
This company · 15739110

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gbm Uk Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Warwick Road
Fairfield Industrial Estate
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 0YB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GRANTHAM, Simon Harvey
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-05-24
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-10-16
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-10-16
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-24