GREY BEDFORD LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC278854 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-25

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£4.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other cleaning services

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 21.4y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.4 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 (77/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £4,446

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,722 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 52% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.4k	£9.2k
Current assets	—	£1.0k
Net assets	£4.4k	£9.2k

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

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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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
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2022-11-28
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2021-11-17
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2020-12-09
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2019-11-20
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2018-10-22
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2017-11-15
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2016-12-05
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2016-01-27
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2016-01-26
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2016-01-18
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2015-08-11
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2015-02-01
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MITCHELL, Susan appointed
director
2015-01-27
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annual-return · AR01
2013-01-26
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MCGREGOR, Gordon resigned
director
2007-01-26
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MCGREGOR, Gordon appointed
director
2005-03-14
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MCGREGOR, Gordon resigned
director
2005-03-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
2005-01-28
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-01-25
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Company incorporated
As GREY BEDFORD LTD.
2005-01-25
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MITCHELL, Susan appointed
secretary
2005-01-25
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MITCHELL, Antony appointed
director
2005-01-25
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-01-25
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MCGREGOR, Gordon appointed
director
2005-01-25
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-01-25
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-01-25
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-01-25
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Susan Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	25/01/2017

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

Incorporated2005-01-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

46 North Street

Lochgelly

Fife

KY5 9NH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-08

Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MITCHELL, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2005-01-25

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Active

MITCHELL, Antony→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-01-25

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Active

MITCHELL, Susan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-02-01

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-01-28

Resigned

MCGREGOR, Gordon→

director · ~67y · appointed 2007-01-26 · resigned 2013-01-26

Resigned

MCGREGOR, Gordon→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-03-14

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-01-25

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-01-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	09/03/2005	—

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