GREENS RETAIL LTD

📉Decliningactive
SC444567 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.3y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
23 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £504,023
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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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
Profit before tax£-504.0k£454.3k
Average employees35931200

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-28
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2022-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-02-02
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    REHMAN, Raza appointed
    director
  8. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-08-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-07-29
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    REHMAN, Raza resigned
    director
  16. 2019-05-20
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    ASLAM, Amir Shahzad appointed
    director
  17. 2019-05-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-03-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2014-01-03
    ➕
    REHMAN, Raza appointed
    director
  22. 2013-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As GREENS RETAIL LTD
  23. 2013-03-08
    ➕
    ASLAM, Harris Shahzad appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harris Shahzad Aslam
Individual · British · DOB 06/1996 · age 30
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Raza Rehmanceased 29/07/2019· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Glenshire House
14 Randolph Place
Kirkcaldy
KY1 2YX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ASLAM, Amir Shahzad→
director · ~28y · appointed 2019-05-20
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Active
ASLAM, Harris Shahzad→
director · ~30y · appointed 2013-03-08
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Active
REHMAN, Raza→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-02-02
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Active
REHMAN, Raza→
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-01-03 · resigned 2019-07-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/03/2017—
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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-08