HUGH G GRIFFITHS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC598665 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-31

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 24 → 25

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 24 → 25

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 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

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-01	2024-06-01
Average employees	100	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-05
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-11-20
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administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2019-11-05
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gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2019-08-20
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2018-05-31
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Company incorporated
As HUGH G GRIFFITHS LTD
2018-05-31
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GRIFFITHS, Hugh Gerard appointed
director
2018-05-31
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRIFFITHS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hugh Gerard Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/05/2019

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

Incorporated2018-05-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

182 Levern Crescent Levern Crescent

Barrhead

Glasgow

G78 2AF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-06-01

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-13

Last: 2026-05-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Hugh Gerard→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-05-31

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-09

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-08-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-26

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-04-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-29

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-04-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-05

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2021-07-05