GRANTSHOUSE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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SC342830 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-05-13

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (7 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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accounts · AA
2025-01-08
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officers · RP04AP01
2025-01-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-03-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-11
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WYSE, Walter Duff resigned
director
2024-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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accounts · AA
2023-01-12
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FLEMING, Graham Robert appointed
director
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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accounts · AA
2019-11-01
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officers · AP03
2019-10-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-10-31
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officers · AP01
2019-10-17
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ROBINSON, Elizabeth Jane appointed
secretary
2019-10-17
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WARNE, Trevor appointed
director
2019-10-17
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PITTS, Katy Joanne resigned
secretary
2018-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-19
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ROBINSON, Elizabeth Jane, Mrs appointed
director
2018-04-19
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ROBINSON, Michael John appointed
director
2017-08-17
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BANNERMAN, Kym Alexandria resigned
secretary
2017-08-17
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PITTS, Katy Joanne appointed
secretary
2017-08-17
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HAMMOND, Peter Malcolm Craven resigned
director
2017-08-17
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WYSE, Walter Duff appointed
director
2015-09-03
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PRENTICE, John Baird appointed
director
2015-09-03
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BANNERMAN, Kym Alexandria appointed
secretary
2015-09-03
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WYSE, Walter Duff resigned
secretary
2015-09-03
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BANNERMAN, Kym resigned
director
2015-09-03
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PRENTICE, John Reginald resigned
director
2014-08-07
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BANNERMAN, Kym appointed
director
2013-08-19
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HEYWOOD, Christopher John resigned
director
2008-05-13
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Company incorporated
As GRANTSHOUSE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2008-05-13
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FLEMING, Ian Hamilton Mclaren appointed
director
2008-05-13
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WYSE, Walter Duff appointed
secretary
2008-05-13
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HAMMOND, Peter Malcolm Craven appointed
director
2008-05-13
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HEYWOOD, Christopher John appointed
director
2008-05-13
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PRENTICE, John Reginald appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FLEMING, Graham Robert (same surname) appointed 2023-01-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

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 Trevor Warne Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/12/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Baird Prenticeceased 19/04/2018· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2008-05-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Ivy Bank

Main Street

Grantshouse

Berwickshire

TD11 3RW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13