GRANGE GARAGE (FIFE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC217994 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 24.6y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 24.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-05-27
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2023-05-26
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2022-06-24
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2021-05-27
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accounts · AA
2020-08-25
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2019-05-27
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2018-05-28
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2017-05-22
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accounts · AA
2016-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-13
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2015-05-29
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accounts · AA
2015-05-05
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-31
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-30
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2001-08-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2001-04-10
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Company incorporated
As GRANGE GARAGE (FIFE) LIMITED
2001-04-10
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MORRISON, Brian William appointed
secretary
2001-04-10
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CHALMERS, Graham John appointed
director
2001-04-10
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MORRISON, Brian William appointed
director
2001-04-10
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-10
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-10
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-04-10
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian William Morrison Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2001-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

34 Aberdour Road

Burntisland

Fife

KY3 0EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-29

Last: 2025-04-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MORRISON, Brian William→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

CHALMERS, Graham John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

MORRISON, Brian William→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-10 · resigned 2001-04-10

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-10 · resigned 2001-04-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	31/08/2001	—

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