THE GREAT GROG COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC194873 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£501.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47250
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £501,542
Cash YoY
+91%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£118k
↑ 91% YoY
Net Worth
£502k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£685k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£137k£274k£411k£548k£685kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£513.0k£450.0k
Current assets£684.6k£597.3k
Cash£118.2k£62.0k
Debtors£295.4k£295.0k
Net assets£501.5k£435.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    MCADAM, Janice resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-26
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  4. 2025-11-12
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  5. 2025-06-15
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2023-08-28
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  8. 2022-08-08
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  9. 2021-08-11
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  10. 2020-08-31
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  11. 2019-07-01
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  12. 2018-07-30
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  13. 2017-08-31
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  14. 2017-08-01
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  15. 2017-01-14
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2016-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-12
    ➕
    BRIGGS, Simon appointed
    director
  18. 2016-02-12
    ➕
    MCADAM, Janice appointed
    director
  19. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    CARMICHAEL, Robert George resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-08-23
    ➖
    ORR, David Slater resigned
    director
  21. 2009-08-10
    ➖
    MEADOWS, Richard resigned
    secretary
  22. 2009-08-07
    ➕
    CARMICHAEL, Robert George appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    ORR, David Slater appointed
    director
  24. 2009-04-03
    ➖
    WAUGH, Kenneth resigned
    director
  25. 2008-01-07
    ➕
    MEADOWS, Richard appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-08-01
    ➕
    WAUGH, Kenneth appointed
    director
  27. 2007-05-17
    ➖
    BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander resigned
    secretary
  28. 2007-05-17
    ➖
    BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander resigned
    director
  29. 2005-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2002-01-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 1999-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As THE GREAT GROG COMPANY LIMITED
  32. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    MEADOWS, Richard appointed
    director
  33. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander appointed
    secretary
  34. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 1999-03-31
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  36. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Meadows
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated1999-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47250 — SIC 47250

Registered office

2 Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 5BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

BRIGGS, Simon→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEADOWS, Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2007-05-17
Resigned
CARMICHAEL, Robert George→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-07 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
MEADOWS, Richard→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-07 · resigned 2009-08-10
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned
BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2007-05-17
Resigned
MCADAM, Janice→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-02-12 · resigned 2026-04-02
Resigned
ORR, David Slater→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2012-08-23
Resigned
WAUGH, Kenneth→
director · ~89y · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2009-04-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security2 properties11/11/2005—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/01/2002—
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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-31