GRAMPIAN BIOPARTNERS LIMITED

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SC339134 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-03-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-92.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £92,584
Cash draining
Cash down 40% YoY
Cash YoY
-40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 40% YoY
Net Worth
-£93k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£93k-£73k-£53k-£34k-£14k£6kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-92.6k£-90.8k
Current assets£3.9k£5.5k
Cash£2.4k£4.0k
Debtors£1.5k£1.5k
Net assets£-92.6k£-90.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-15
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  2. 2024-07-15
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  3. 2023-08-02
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  4. 2023-05-11
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  5. 2022-08-22
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  6. 2021-07-02
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  7. 2020-06-24
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  8. 2019-08-05
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  9. 2018-09-10
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  10. 2017-09-21
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  11. 2016-08-15
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  12. 2016-03-30
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  13. 2015-07-27
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  14. 2015-04-22
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  15. 2014-08-28
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  16. 2011-03-31
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    ERISKA SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2010-10-29
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    ERISKA CONSULTANCY LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAMPIAN BIOPARTNERS LIMITED
  19. 2008-03-07
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    BROADBENT, Gillian, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-07
    ➕
    CHARLTON, Keith Alan, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-07
    ➕
    PORTER, Andrew Justin Radcliffe, Professor appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-07
    ➕
    ERISKA CONSULTANCY LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-03-07
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2008-03-07
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2008-03-07
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2008-03-07
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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  27. 2008-03-07
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2008-03-07
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2008-03-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

18 Abbotshall Drive
Cults
Aberdeen
Scotland
AB15 9JD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

ERISKA SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-31
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Active
BROADBENT, Gillian, Dr→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARLTON, Keith Alan, Dr→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTER, Andrew Justin Radcliffe, Professor→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ERISKA CONSULTANCY LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2010-10-29
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-07
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-07
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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2026-03-09
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2025-04-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
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accounts · AA
2021-07-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
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accounts · AA
2020-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-13
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accounts · AA
2019-08-05