GOODGRUN LTD
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 10.6y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capitalcapital · SH02
- 2025-08-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-03-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-22➖TAWSE, Esther Rosamund resigneddirector
- 2025-02-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-02-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-31📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-05-27➖TAWSE, Colin Robert resigneddirector
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-02-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-01➕GRAY, Rachel Louise appointeddirector
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-26📄mortgage-charge-part-both-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Kirkwood Homes Limited
- 2016-06-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-06-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Kirkwood Homes Limited
- 2015-10-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Kirkwood Homes Limited
- 2015-05-19🏢Company incorporatedAs GOODGRUN LTD
- 2015-05-19➕TAWSE, Colin Robert appointeddirector
- 2015-05-19➕TAWSE, Esther Rosamund appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Burness Paull (Trustees) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Burness Paull (Trustees) Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 15/02/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Esther Rosamund Tawseceased 29/07/2025· 75-100% shares · trust interest
- Mr Colin Robert Tawseceased 27/05/2024· 75-100% shares · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Kirkwood Homes Kirkwood Homes Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/03/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Kirkwood Homes Kirkwood Homes Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/06/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Kirkwood Homes Kirkwood Homes Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/10/2015 | 10/06/2016 |