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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒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 35.7y

30/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 35.7 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

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.

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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