GRASSDRUM MANAGEMENT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC644154 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£59.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £59,626
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£33k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£60k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£69k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£14k£28k£41k£55k£69kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£59.6k£42.2k
Current assets£68.9k£50.8k
Cash£32.7k£27.0k
Net assets£59.6k£42.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 capital
  • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 capital
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-24
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-04-24
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-04-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2026-04-17
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  6. 2025-12-31
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2025-12-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2025-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-10-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GRASSDRUM MANAGEMENT LTD
  15. 2019-10-10
    POWELL, Reuben David appointed
    director
  16. 2019-10-10
    POWELL, Vari Eleanor Mowat appointed
    director
  17. 2019-10-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-10-23

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

168 Ferry Road
Edinburgh
EH6 4NS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-10-23OVERDUE
Last: 2024-10-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

POWELL, Reuben David
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-10-10
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Active
POWELL, Vari Eleanor Mowat
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-10-10
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-23
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01