MOBILE GRITTING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC378297 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£701.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £701,606

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£702k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£302k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£140k£281k£421k£561k£702kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£710.4k£797.8k
Current assets£302.3k£304.8k
Net assets£701.6k£695.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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  2. 2025-02-13
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  3. 2024-12-19
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-06
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    SMITH, Brian Jr appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-02-17
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  8. 2022-02-05
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  9. 2021-09-16
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  10. 2021-09-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-07-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-04-14
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  14. 2021-03-09
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  15. 2020-02-18
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  16. 2018-11-30
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  17. 2013-06-20
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    SMITH, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  18. 2013-04-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2012-03-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Brian Samuel Albert resigned
    director
  20. 2011-11-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Close Invoice Finance LTD
  21. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-05-25
    ➕
    SMITH, Brian appointed
    director
  23. 2010-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MOBILE GRITTING SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2010-05-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Brian Samuel Albert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 Brian Smith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/07/2021
Mrs Jacqueline Smith
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian Smith Jrceased 15/09/2021· 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2010-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services

Registered office

Meadowside Complex Meadowside Street
Renfrew
Renfrewshire
Scotland
PA4 8LF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-01
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Active
SMITH, Brian Jr→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-12-06
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Active
SMITH, Brian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-25
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Active
SMITH, Jacqueline→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-06-20
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Active
SMITH, Brian Samuel Albert→
director · ~38y · appointed 2010-05-10 · resigned 2012-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Close Invoice Finance
Close Invoice Finance LTD
Floating charge1 property09/11/201115/04/2013

Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-30