STUART GRANT KITCHEN DESIGNS LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI067625 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£78.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £78,384
Net assets shrinking
Down £75,522 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£78k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£136k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£41k£82k£123k£164k£206kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£80.4k£156.2k
Current assets£135.5k£205.5k
Net assets£78.4k£153.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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  2. 2024-11-28
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  3. 2024-01-18
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  4. 2022-12-09
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  5. 2021-08-20
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  6. 2020-08-12
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  7. 2019-07-10
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  8. 2019-01-11
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  9. 2017-07-17
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  10. 2016-08-22
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  11. 2016-02-02
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  12. 2015-07-03
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  13. 2015-02-24
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  14. 2014-07-07
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  15. 2014-02-10
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  16. 2007-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As STUART GRANT KITCHEN DESIGNS LTD
  17. 2007-12-28
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    GRANT, Stuart appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-12-28
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    GRANT, Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2007-12-28
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    GRANT, Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-28
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    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-12-28
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    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-12-28
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    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-12-28
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    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 "GRANT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Stuart Grant
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret Grant
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2007-12-28
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

2 Willowfield Heights
Tandragee
BT62 2JS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRANT, Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-28
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Active
GRANT, Margaret→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-12-28
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Active
GRANT, Stuart→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-12-28
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Active
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-28 · resigned 2007-12-28
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-28 · resigned 2007-12-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
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accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-08