GRANDTULLY BRIDGE GALLERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC277888 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£334.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10821
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 21.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.1 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
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
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £334,835

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£335k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£195k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£125k£250k£375k£500k£625kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£334.8k£320.0k
Current assets£194.9k—
Cash—£624.6k
Debtors£194.9k—
Net assets£334.8k£320.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    HOUNAM, Peter Metcalfe resigned
    secretary
  2. 2025-12-19
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-12-19
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-12-19
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    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-09-25
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  7. 2024-09-26
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  8. 2023-09-29
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  9. 2022-09-28
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  10. 2021-09-30
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  11. 2020-10-23
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  12. 2019-09-26
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  13. 2018-09-26
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  14. 2017-09-28
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  15. 2016-09-08
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  16. 2016-08-31
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    HUGGINS, Graham Keith resigned
    director
  17. 2016-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-06-16
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    KENNEDY, Janice resigned
    director
  19. 2015-02-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2015-01-05
    ➖
    BURNETT, Rachel Helena resigned
    director
  21. 2015-01-05
    ➖
    COLLIER, Julie resigned
    director
  22. 2015-01-05
    ➕
    HUGGINS, Graham Keith appointed
    director
  23. 2012-02-06
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Janice appointed
    director
  24. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    COLLIER, Julie appointed
    director
  25. 2005-10-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    BURNETT, Iain appointed
    director
  27. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    BURNETT, Rachel Helena appointed
    director
  28. 2005-03-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2004-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As GRANDTULLY BRIDGE GALLERIES LIMITED
  30. 2004-12-30
    ➕
    BURNETT, Hilarie Grace appointed
    director
  31. 2004-12-30
    ➕
    HOUNAM, Peter Metcalfe appointed
    director
  32. 2004-12-30
    ➕
    HOUNAM, Peter Metcalfe appointed
    secretary
  33. 2004-12-30
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2004-12-30
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Grandtully Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Grandtully Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GRANDTULLY BRIDGE GALLERIES LIMITED
This company · SC277888

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Grandtully Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10821 — SIC 10821

Registered office

Highland Chocolatier
Grandtully
Pitlochry
PH9 0PL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BURNETT, Hilarie Grace→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-12-30
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Active
BURNETT, Iain→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-09-01
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Active
HOUNAM, Peter Metcalfe→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOUNAM, Peter Metcalfe→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-30 · resigned 2025-12-19
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-30 · resigned 2004-12-30
Resigned
BURNETT, Rachel Helena→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2015-01-05
Resigned
COLLIER, Julie→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2015-01-05
Resigned
HUGGINS, Graham Keith→
director · ~86y · appointed 2015-01-05 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned
KENNEDY, Janice→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-02-06 · resigned 2015-06-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property19/02/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/10/2005—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property23/03/2005—
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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08