GRANITE SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC192869 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23700
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2800 | 2500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-06📄capital-alter-shares-consolidationcapital · SH02
- 2021-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-12➕BROWN, Innes Peter appointeddirector
- 2017-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2007-09-14🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Fife Council
- 2006-10-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Fife Council
- 2005-07-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
- 2002-10-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
- 1999-02-01➕BROWN, Karen appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-01➕BROWN, Karen appointeddirector
- 1999-02-01➕BROWN, Peter John appointeddirector
- 1999-02-01➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1999-02-01➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
- 1999-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs GRANITE SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 1999-01-27➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1999-01-27➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter John Brown Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/01/2017 |
Mrs Karen Brown Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC23700 — SIC 23700
Registered office
Unit 6 Randolph Court
Randolph Industrial Estate
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY1 2YY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BROWN, Innes Peter→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2017-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Karen→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 1999-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Peter John→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 1999-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-02-01
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-02-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Fife Council | Standard security | 1 property | 14/09/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | The Fife Council | Standard security | 1 property | 20/10/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 26/07/2005 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 10/10/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (78 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
capital-alter-shares-consolidation
capital · SH02
2022-06-06