GHD SURVEYING LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC453547 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-01

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£4.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Quantity surveying activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,761

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£4.8k	£4.2k
Current assets	£5.0k	£4.4k
Net assets	£4.8k	£4.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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2024-03-16
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2023-03-31
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2021-09-18
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2021-04-02
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2019-09-13
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2019-07-05
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officers · TM02
2018-09-16
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DUNIGAN, Linda Gillies resigned
secretary
2018-08-08
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2017-10-19
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2016-07-26
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2015-11-20
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2015-07-14
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2013-07-01
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Company incorporated
As GHD SURVEYING LTD
2013-07-01
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DUNIGAN, Graham Harvey appointed
director
2013-07-01
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DUNIGAN, Linda Gillies appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Harvey Dunigan Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-07-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74902 — Quantity surveying activities

Registered office

White Gables 6 Southview Road

Strathblane

Glasgow

G63 9JQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DUNIGAN, Graham Harvey→

director · ~82y · appointed 2013-07-01

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Active

DUNIGAN, Linda Gillies→

secretary · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2018-09-16

Resigned

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