GRILL 48 LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC393638 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-66.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £66,701
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£67k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£4
↑ 300% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-11.5k | £1 |
| Current assets | £4 | £1 |
| Net assets | £-66.7k | £-78.2k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-02-16🏢Company incorporatedAs GRILL 48 LTD
- 2011-02-16➕WILLIAMSON, Linn Victoria appointeddirector
- 2011-02-16➕WILLIAMSON, William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Williamson Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
Miss Linn Victoria Williamson Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
1 Kintail Court
Balgeddie
Glenrothes
Fife
KY6 3PU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILLIAMSON, Linn Victoria→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2011-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMSON, William→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2011-02-16
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-18