ANDERSONS GRANTFIELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC321480 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-18
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 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.16M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 10.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,156,632
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,710 YoY
Cash YoY
+94%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£48k
↑ 94% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£947k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£237k£474k£711k£947k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.44M£1.48M
Current assets£946.8k£919.0k
Cash£47.5k£24.5k
Debtors£899.3k£894.5k
Net assets£1.16M£1.18M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2023-01-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  7. 2022-02-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2022-02-03
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2021-10-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2021-03-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2017-10-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2015-12-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2015-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2007-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSONS GRANTFIELD LIMITED
  23. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Sandra Marie appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Mark Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Sandra Marie appointed
    director
  26. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 "ANDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sandra Marie Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/03/2021
Mr Mark Peter Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Grantfield
Wester Skeld
Shetland
ZE2 9NL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, Sandra Marie→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Mark Peter→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-04-18
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Active
ANDERSON, Sandra Marie→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-18 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-18 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/02/2022—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property24/10/201726/01/2023
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property04/12/201525/10/2021
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—03/11/2015—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-15