GREYSTONES ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC272524 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-26

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2024-12-24
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2023-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-12-27
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accounts · AA
2021-12-24
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accounts · AA
2020-12-24
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-01-04
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accounts · AA
2017-12-12
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accounts · AA
2017-08-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-01-04
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accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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capital · SH10
2016-05-06
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capital · SH08
2016-05-06
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-03-25
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officers · AP01
2016-03-08
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GRANT, Christa appointed
director
2011-08-26
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GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-01-04
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FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-01-04
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GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-08-26
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Company incorporated
As GREYSTONES ENGINEERING LIMITED
2004-08-26
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GRANT, Mark appointed
director
2004-08-26
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FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-26
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ROBERTSON, Alexander George appointed
nominee-director
2004-08-26
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ROBERTSON, Alexander George resigned
nominee-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Grant Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-08-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Greystones Ardoe

Ardoe

Aberdeen

AB12 5XT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-09

Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRANT, Christa→

director · ~47y · appointed 2016-03-08

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Active

GRANT, Mark→

director · ~54y · appointed 2004-08-26

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Active

FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2008-01-04

Resigned

GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2011-08-26

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Alexander George→

nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2004-08-26

Resigned

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