GRANT'S OF DUNDEE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC154964 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-16

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

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 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.

Key financials

3 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0	0

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 gazette

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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2026-04-18
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gazette · DISS40
2026-03-31
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gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-07
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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officers · CH01
2024-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-04
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2022-01-06
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2021-01-05
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2020-01-07
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2019-01-29
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2018-02-14
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2017-09-05
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2016-09-14
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2015-12-21
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2012-06-01
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GRANT, Martin Conrad appointed
secretary
2012-06-01
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MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin resigned
secretary
1994-12-16
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Company incorporated
As GRANT'S OF DUNDEE LIMITED
1994-12-16
➕
GRANT, Conrad Paul appointed
director
1994-12-16
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MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin appointed
secretary
1994-12-16
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-12-16
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-12-16
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-12-16
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRANT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin Conrad Grant Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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HIGHLAND GAME LIMITED→ SC179833 · est 1997	—	—	—	96	28y	85	62y
DUNDEE COLD STORES LIMITED→ SC314713 · est 2007	—	—	£10.89M	—	19y	83	88y
STRATHMORE FOODS LIMITED→ SC053180 · est 1973 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	53y	83	79y
FALCONERS FAMILY BUTCHERS LIMITED→ SC202873 · est 2000	—	—	£179.9k	—	26y	82	65y
GOODFELLOWS OF DUNDEE LTD→ SC029972 · est 1954	—	—	—	11700	72y	82	83y
JAMES MCLAREN & SON (BAKERS) LIMITED→ SC214218 · est 2000	—	—	£21.4k	—	25y	82	65y
MURRAY MCGREGOR LIMITED→ SC354639 · est 2009	—	—	—	0	17y	80	71y
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GREENHILL PRODUCE LIMITED→ SC528328 · est 2016	—	—	£2.42M	—	10y	79	72y
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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

Incorporated1994-12-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

Chapelshade House

78-84 Bell Street

Dundee

DD1 1HW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRANT, Martin Conrad→

secretary · appointed 2012-06-01

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Active

GRANT, Conrad Paul→

director · ~78y · appointed 1994-12-16

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Active

MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin→

secretary · appointed 1994-12-16 · resigned 2012-06-01

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-12-16 · resigned 1994-12-16

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-12-16 · resigned 1994-12-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-06-23

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gazette · DISS40

2026-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-15

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-12-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-01-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-04