GRAMPIAN KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS LIMITED

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SC161552 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-14
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
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees600500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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  2. 2024-04-29
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  3. 2023-04-27
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  4. 2022-04-20
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  5. 2021-07-23
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  6. 2021-04-23
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  7. 2019-12-17
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  8. 2019-04-30
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  9. 2018-05-02
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-04
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    LORIMER, Lorna Ann appointed
    secretary
  11. 2017-05-04
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    LORIMER, Lorna Ann resigned
    director
  12. 2017-05-04
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  13. 2017-05-04
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  14. 2017-04-27
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  15. 2016-04-25
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  16. 2015-12-08
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  17. 2015-12-01
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  18. 2014-08-01
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    LORIMER, Aaron Yule appointed
    director
  19. 2012-12-01
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2009-04-06
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-04-06
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1995-11-20
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    LORIMER, Lorna Ann appointed
    director
  25. 1995-11-20
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 1995-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAMPIAN KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS LIMITED
  27. 1995-11-14
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1995-11-14
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aaron Yule Lorimer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

24 Carmelite Street
Banff
Banffshire
AB45 1AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

LORIMER, Lorna Ann→
secretary · appointed 2017-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LORIMER, Aaron Yule→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-14 · resigned 1995-11-20
Resigned
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-11-20 · resigned 2009-04-06
Resigned
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-06 · resigned 2012-12-01
Resigned
LORIMER, Lorna Ann→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-11-20 · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-11-14 · resigned 1995-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-30