GREAVES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC109101 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.61M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.0y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £1,612,681
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1.6m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.61M | £1.61M |
| Current assets | £1 | — |
| Net assets | £1.61M | £1.61M |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-03📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2025-07-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-07-03📄mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2023-07-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-partmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-03🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-07-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-21🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2010-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-08-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2008-06-02➖GREAVES, Ellen Anna resigneddirector
- 1990-07-31➖GREAVES, James Stewart resigneddirector
- 1988-04-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1988-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs GREAVES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "GREAVES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hugh Alexander Leslie Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 21/10/2024 |
Mr Miller John Greaves Individual · British · DOB 03/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 03/05/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Anne Francis Leslieceased 21/10/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr Alexander John Greavesceased 03/05/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-02-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
23/25 Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
GREAVES, Ellen Anna→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · resigned 2008-06-02
GREAVES, James Stewart→
Resigneddirector · resigned 1990-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 21/10/2011 | 03/07/2023 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 24/08/2010 | 03/07/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 29/04/1988 | 03/09/2010 |
Recent filings (112 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-03
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-07-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-part
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20