GREENVALE TRADING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC360006 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-21
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£47.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £46,961

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£47k
Current Assets
£168k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£47.0k
Current assets£168.5k
Net assets£47.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-09
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  3. 2025-02-26
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  4. 2024-12-16
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  5. 2024-04-16
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  6. 2024-04-16
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  7. 2024-01-12
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  8. 2023-11-15
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  9. 2023-11-15
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  10. 2023-11-15
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  11. 2023-11-15
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  12. 2023-02-28
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  13. 2022-05-09
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  14. 2022-05-09
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  15. 2022-02-25
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  16. 2021-11-08
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  17. 2021-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  18. 2021-05-21
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  19. 2020-02-07
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  20. 2012-09-14
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    CLARK, David resigned
    director
  21. 2010-03-17
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    CHEYNE, Gillian resigned
    director
  22. 2010-03-17
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    CLARK, David appointed
    director
  23. 2009-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GREENVALE TRADING LIMITED
  24. 2009-05-21
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    CHEYNE, Raymond John appointed
    director
  25. 2009-05-21
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    CHEYNE, Gillian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

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 60. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raymond John Cheyne
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Gillian Cheyneceased 16/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 11 Eco Park
Carseview Road
Forfar
DD8 3BS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

CHEYNE, Raymond John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHEYNE, Gillian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-05-21 · resigned 2010-03-17
Resigned
CLARK, David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-03-17 · resigned 2012-09-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28