GRAMPIAN CLASSIC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC344496 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-17

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-7.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £7,384

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£7k

↓ 71% YoY

Current Assets

£49k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-7.4k	£-4.3k
Current assets	£48.6k	£48.5k
Net assets	£-7.4k	£-4.3k

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 (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-05
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2025-03-23
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2024-03-27
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2023-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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address · AD01
2022-06-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts · AA
2018-04-26
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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2017-06-28
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gazette · DISS40
2017-06-27
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accounts · AA
2017-06-13
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-06-22
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-20
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accounts · AA
2008-06-17
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Company incorporated
As GRAMPIAN CLASSIC LIMITED
2008-06-17
➕
TAYLOR, Lisa appointed
secretary
2008-06-17
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TAYLOR, Stephen appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Taylor Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2008-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Wilderness Cookston Road

Portlethen

Aberdeen

AB12 4PT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-01

Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Lisa→

secretary · appointed 2008-06-17

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Active

TAYLOR, Stephen→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-06-17

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Recent filings (40 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-02-05

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-07-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-06-20