GRANT SMITH ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC376951 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-16
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-23
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-22
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    SMITH, Leigh appointed
    director
  4. 2025-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-01-30
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  6. 2023-12-13
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  7. 2023-01-25
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  8. 2022-01-18
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  9. 2020-11-23
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  10. 2019-09-16
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  11. 2019-01-22
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  12. 2018-01-24
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  13. 2017-01-23
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  14. 2016-05-02
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  15. 2015-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As GRANT SMITH ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  17. 2010-04-16
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    SMITH, Leigh appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-04-16
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    SMITH, Grant appointed
    director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Grant Gordon Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Leigh Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/07/2025

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
Incorporated2010-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Coupsteps
Powmill
Dollar
Perth & Kinross
FK14 7NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Leigh→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-16
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Active
SMITH, Grant→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-04-16
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Active
SMITH, Leigh→
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-09-22
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Active

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-23