GRIGOR & YOUNG TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC153145 · ltd · incorporated 1994-09-20

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 13 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

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-05
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MITCHELL, Fiona Janet appointed
director
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
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CRUICKSHANK, Ann resigned
director
2022-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-01
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ROBERTSON, Greg James appointed
director
2021-04-01
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MILLER, Richard Alexander appointed
director
2021-03-02
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TAYLOR, Janet Hilary resigned
director
2021-02-24
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2020-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-02
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ROSS, Neil Kilgour resigned
director
2019-09-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-03-22
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HUTCHEON, Eileen Watson resigned
director
2018-10-02
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2018-06-07
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GRIGOR & YOUNG LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2018-06-07
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SKELLY, Donna Margaret appointed
director
2018-06-07
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GRIGOR & YOUNG resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-02-07
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COMFORT, James Alexander Robert resigned
director
2009-06-30
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YOUNG, Robert Alastair resigned
director
2009-01-20
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HUTCHEON, Eileen Watson appointed
director
2009-01-20
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TAYLOR, Janet Hilary appointed
director
2006-02-17
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BRASH, Peter Melrose appointed
director
2004-07-01
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MENNIE, William Patrick resigned
director
1998-06-30
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CRUICKSHANK, Ian Hay resigned
director
1995-01-09
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CRUICKSHANK, Ian Hay appointed
director
1994-10-24
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COMFORT, James Alexander Robert appointed
director
1994-10-24
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CRUICKSHANK, Ann appointed
director
1994-10-24
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ROSS, Neil Kilgour appointed
director
1994-10-24
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YOUNG, Robert Alastair appointed
director
1994-09-20
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Company incorporated
As GRIGOR & YOUNG TRUSTEES LIMITED
1994-09-20
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GRIGOR & YOUNG appointed
corporate-secretary
1994-09-20
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-09-20
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-09-20
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MENNIE, William Patrick appointed
director
1994-09-20
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-09-20
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Grigor & Young Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Grigor & Young Llp

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GRIGOR & YOUNG TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · SC153145

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Grigor & Young Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/06/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Grigor & Youngceased 07/06/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated1994-09-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

1 North Street

Elgin

IV30 1UA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-04

Last: 2025-05-21