GRAMPIAN SCAFFOLDING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC126534 · ltd · incorporated 1990-07-31

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£30.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.6y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 35.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £30,575

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£31k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£31k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£30.6k	£30.6k
Current assets	£30.6k	£30.6k
Net assets	£30.6k	£30.6k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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CLARK, Allan John resigned
director
2024-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-05
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
1997-02-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1994-03-11
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TAYLOR, Derek resigned
director
1993-02-03
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ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees appointed
secretary
1993-02-03
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TAYLOR, Derek resigned
secretary
1992-12-07
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Charge satisfied #1
1992-10-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1991-11-18
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CLARK, Allan John appointed
director
1990-10-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
1990-07-31
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Company incorporated
As GRAMPIAN SCAFFOLDING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
1990-07-31
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ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees appointed
director
1990-07-31
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1990-07-31
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1990-07-31
➕
TAYLOR, Derek appointed
secretary
1990-07-31
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TAYLOR, Derek appointed
director
1990-07-31
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WAUGH, Joanne appointed
nominee-director
1990-07-31
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WAUGH, Joanne resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander Lees Robertson Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Allan John Clarkceased 30/05/2025· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-07-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Quarry Road

Northfield Industrial Estate

Aberdeen

AB16 5UU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-14

Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees→

secretary · appointed 1993-02-03

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Active

ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees→

director · ~76y · appointed 1990-07-31

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-07-31 · resigned 1990-07-31

Resigned

TAYLOR, Derek→

secretary · appointed 1990-07-31 · resigned 1993-02-03

Resigned

CLARK, Allan John→

director · ~67y · appointed 1991-11-18 · resigned 2025-05-30

Resigned

TAYLOR, Derek→

director · ~79y · appointed 1990-07-31 · resigned 1994-03-11

Resigned

WAUGH, Joanne→

nominee-director · appointed 1990-07-31 · resigned 1990-07-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	20/02/1997	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	16/10/1992	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	09/10/1990	07/12/1992

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Recent filings (111 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-03

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-04-03

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-14