GHH PROPERTIES LIMITED
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.3y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £50.7k | £66.0k |
| Current assets | £56.3k | £69.6k |
| Cash | £19.3k | £66.6k |
| Debtors | £37.0k | £3.0k |
| Net assets | £50.7k | £66.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-11-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-01-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Mairi Gillies Maccallum
- 2009-04-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-01-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-10-31🏢Company incorporatedAs GHH PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2007-10-31➕CHISHOLM, Antony Mac Millan appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-31➕CHISHOLM, Antony Mac Millan appointeddirector
- 2007-10-31➕MAC CALLUM, Mairi Gillies appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Mairi Gillies Maccallum Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2017 |
Mr Antony Mac Millan Chisholm Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 07/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Mairi Gillies Maccallum | Standard security | 1 property | 11/01/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 30/04/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 20/01/2009 | — |