GREYCLOUD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC154466 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-24

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£130.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £130,598

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,943 YoY

Cash YoY

-19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£113k

↓ 19% YoY

Net Worth

£131k

↓ 7.1% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Cash	£113.1k	£139.3k
Net assets	£130.6k	£140.5k

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2021-04-06
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2020-03-25
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2019-03-15
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2018-03-27
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2016-03-01
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1995-03-29
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GUTHRIE, Jacqueline appointed
secretary
1995-03-29
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GUTHRIE, Jacqueline appointed
director
1995-03-29
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GUTHRIE, Jonathan appointed
director
1995-03-29
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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1995-03-29
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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1994-11-24
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Company incorporated
As GREYCLOUD LIMITED
1994-11-24
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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1994-11-24
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jacqueline Guthrie Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Guthrie Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1994-11-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

The Barracks At Baldyquash

Meikle Wartle

Inverurie

Aberdeenshire

AB51 5BR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GUTHRIE, Jacqueline→

secretary · appointed 1995-03-29

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Active

GUTHRIE, Jacqueline→

director · ~65y · appointed 1995-03-29

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Active

GUTHRIE, Jonathan→

director · ~72y · appointed 1995-03-29

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-11-24 · resigned 1995-03-29

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-11-24 · resigned 1995-03-29

Resigned

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