GRANGE TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD.

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SC168781 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-04
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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£208.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £208,515
Cash YoY
+163%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 163% YoY
Net Worth
£209k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 139% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£42k£83k£125k£167k£209kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£208.5k£198.6k
Current assets£18.3k£7.6k
Cash£17.2k£6.5k
Debtors£1.1k£1.1k
Net assets£208.5k£198.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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  3. 2024-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-18
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-30
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  13. 2019-01-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-01-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 1996-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As GRANGE TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD.
  18. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    WOOD, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    WOOD, Stanley Devine Philip appointed
    director
  20. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1996-10-04
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 1996-10-04
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen 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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Wood
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2021
Mr Bradley Philip Wood
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2021
Mr Stanley Devine Philip Wood
Individual · British · DOB 06/1941 · age 85
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elizabeth Duffus Woodceased 05/08/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated1996-10-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

22 Westhill Grange
Westhill
Aberdeenshire
AB32 6QJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WOOD, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Stanley Devine Philip→
director · ~85y · appointed 1996-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-04 · resigned 1996-10-04
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-10-04 · resigned 1996-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30