GREY & CO. SOLICITORS LTD
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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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.6y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £26.0k |
| Current assets | £64.7k |
| Cash | £44.0k |
| Debtors | £20.7k |
| Net assets | £25.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📄accounts-amended-with-made-up-dateaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-10-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2012-09-25🏢Company incorporatedAs GREY & CO. SOLICITORS LTD
- 2012-09-25➕GREY, Deirdre appointedsecretary
- 2012-09-25➕GREY, Andrew Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GREY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Neil Grey Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 30/10/2012 | — |