GRANTS FOODS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC234082 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-12
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
62 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.

Key financials

2 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-02-28
    ➖
    PEPPER, June Maxwell resigned
    secretary
  11. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    FALLON, John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-08-24
    ➕
    PEPPER, June Maxwell appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    JARDINE, James resigned
    director
  20. 2002-07-14
    ➕
    FALLON, John appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-14
    ➕
    FALLON, John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-07-14
    ➖
    BRECHIN TINDAL OATTS, SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-07-13
    ➖
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-13
    ➕
    BRECHIN TINDAL OATTS, SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-07-13
    ➖
    DICKSON, James resigned
    director
  26. 2002-07-13
    ➖
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigned
    nominee-director
  27. 2002-07-13
    ➕
    JARDINE, James appointed
    director
  28. 2002-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As GRANTS FOODS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  29. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointed
    nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    DICKSON, James appointed
    director
  31. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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 John Fallon
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

1 Cemetery Road
Galston
Ayrshire
KA4 8JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

FALLON, John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FALLON, John→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-14 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned
GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2002-07-13
Resigned
PEPPER, June Maxwell→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2021-02-28
Resigned
BRECHIN TINDAL OATTS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-13 · resigned 2002-07-14
Resigned
DICKSON, James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2002-07-13
Resigned
GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→
nominee-director · ~60y · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2002-07-13
Resigned
JARDINE, James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-07-13 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21