GRANTS OF SPEYSIDE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC437477 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees252300

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2022-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-11
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  12. 2018-05-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2018-04-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
  14. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-01-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2012-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As GRANTS OF SPEYSIDE LTD.
  18. 2012-11-23
    ➕
    GRANT, Charles Alexander Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2012-11-23
    ➕
    GRANT, Ellen Marjory appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "GRANT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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 13 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Alexander Stuart Grant
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Ellen Marjory Grant
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Lochan View
Lonemore
Dornoch
IV25 3RW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRANT, Charles Alexander Stuart→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-11-23
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Active
GRANT, Ellen Marjory→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-11-23
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge—20/04/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property18/01/2013—
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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-19