JOHN GRAHAM (METALS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC261633 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.89M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,892,013
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.3m
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£8.9m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£5.8m
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.8m£3.6m£5.3m£7.1m£8.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£9.08M£9.01M
Current assets£5.75M£7.05M
Cash£1.34M£953.9k
Debtors£366.9k£950.0k
Net assets£8.89M£8.84M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-09
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-11
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-02-04
    ➕
    GRAHAM, John appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-02-04
    ➖
    RUTHERFORD, Jacqueline Mary resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-01-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JOHN GRAHAM (METALS) LIMITED
  19. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Gillyeard Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    RUTHERFORD, Jacqueline Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-01-09
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-01-09
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GRAHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 68. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Graham
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ian Gillyeard Graham
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

8 Munro Road
Springkerse Industrial Estate
Stirling
FK7 7UU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GRAHAM, John→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Gillyeard Ian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Stephen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUTHERFORD, Jacqueline Mary→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-09 · resigned 2005-02-04
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-09 · resigned 2004-01-09
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-09 · resigned 2004-01-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-08