GRACEHILL LOGISTICS LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC831464 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-10
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), 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: 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As GRACEHILL LOGISTICS LTD
  11. 2024-12-10
    WEIR, David appointed
    director
  12. 2024-12-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Millar Weir
Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/12/2024

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
Incorporated2024-12-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210

Registered office

34e Vanguard Way
Renfrew
Renfrewshire
PA4 0LP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WEIR, David
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-12-10
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-10