GRAMPIAN SCAFFOLDING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC230933 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-30
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£467.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Scaffold erection
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
79 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £467,277
Net assets shrinking
Down £50,847 YoY
Cash YoY
+65%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£148k
↑ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£467k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Current Assets
£499k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £497.9k | £548.7k |
| Current assets | £499.4k | £430.4k |
| Cash | £148.3k | £90.0k |
| Debtors | £351.1k | £340.3k |
| Net assets | £467.3k | £518.1k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-23📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-10-21📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-10-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30➖CLARK, Allan John resigneddirector
- 2024-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-17📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-07-16📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-07-19📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-05-02➖SIMMERS, Jamie resigneddirector
- 2002-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs GRAMPIAN SCAFFOLDING LIMITED
- 2002-04-30➕ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-30➕ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees appointeddirector
- 2002-04-30➕CLARK, Allan John appointeddirector
- 2002-04-30➕SIMMERS, Jamie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alexander Lees Robertson Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Allan John Clarkceased 30/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection
Registered office
Quarry Road
Northfield Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
Grampian
AB16 5UU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBERTSON, Alexander Lees→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2002-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Allan John→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-04-30 · resigned 2025-05-30
SIMMERS, Jamie→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2002-04-30 · resigned 2002-05-02
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Recent filings (79 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-10-23
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-10-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26