GRAMPIAN HIGHLAND RESOURCES LIMITED

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SC277855 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-24
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£7.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82110Combined office administrative service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,371
Net assets shrinking
Down £293 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↓ 9.1% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£25k£31kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£11.6k£17.5k
Current assets£24.2k£30.6k
Cash£17.1k£18.8k
Debtors£7.1k£11.8k
Net assets£7.4k£7.7k

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
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2020-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-03-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-03-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2019-01-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Karen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2019-01-01
    ➕
    MACIVER, Marcus Donald appointed
    director
  20. 2019-01-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Karen appointed
    director
  21. 2019-01-01
    ➖
    SHERRET, Fiona Macgregor resigned
    secretary
  22. 2019-01-01
    ➖
    SHERRET, Brian Watson resigned
    director
  23. 2019-01-01
    ➖
    SHERRET, Fiona Macgregor resigned
    director
  24. 2016-12-29
    ➖
    BEATTIE, Robert resigned
    director
  25. 2016-12-29
    ➖
    CAMERON, James Malcolm resigned
    director
  26. 2016-01-08
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2016-01-08
    ➕
    CAMERON, James Malcolm appointed
    director
  28. 2007-09-01
    ➕
    SHERRET, Fiona Macgregor appointed
    secretary
  29. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    MCGILL, Alasdair Iain resigned
    secretary
  30. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    MCGILL, Alasdair Iain resigned
    director
  31. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    MCGILL, Joanna resigned
    director
  32. 2005-03-14
    ➕
    MCGILL, Joanna appointed
    director
  33. 2005-03-14
    ➕
    SHERRET, Fiona Macgregor appointed
    director
  34. 2004-12-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GRAMPIAN HIGHLAND RESOURCES LIMITED
  35. 2004-12-24
    ➕
    MCGILL, Alasdair Iain appointed
    secretary
  36. 2004-12-24
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2004-12-24
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2004-12-24
    ➕
    MCGILL, Alasdair Iain appointed
    director
  39. 2004-12-24
    ➕
    SHERRET, Brian Watson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Well Accounts Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Well Accounts Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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GRAMPIAN HIGHLAND RESOURCES LIMITED
This company · SC277855

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Karen Sutherland
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control02/01/2019
Well Accounts Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Brian Watson Sherretceased 01/01/2019· significant influence
  • Mrs Fiona Macgregor Sherretceased 01/01/2019· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Unit 8 Golspie Business Park
Golspie
Sutherland
KW10 6UB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2019-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACIVER, Marcus Donald→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, Karen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGILL, Alasdair Iain→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-24 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
SHERRET, Fiona Macgregor→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-24 · resigned 2004-12-24
Resigned
BEATTIE, Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-01-08 · resigned 2016-12-29
Resigned
CAMERON, James Malcolm→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-01-08 · resigned 2016-12-29
Resigned
MCGILL, Alasdair Iain→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-12-24 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
MCGILL, Joanna→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-03-14 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
SHERRET, Brian Watson→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-12-24 · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned
SHERRET, Fiona Macgregor→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-03-14 · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-03-13