GRILLBURGER HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC621154 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-13
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46341
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 6.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200300

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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-07-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  4. 2025-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-03
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    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-12-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  7. 2024-10-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-10-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-09-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-08-31
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    WOOD, David Lewis resigned
    director
  12. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-07-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2022-06-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Sme Platform UK Lending No.1 Dac
  16. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-29
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    accounts · AA01
  19. 2020-04-07
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-04-01
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    WOOD, David Lewis appointed
    director
  21. 2019-09-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2019-09-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited (As Security Trustee)
  23. 2019-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As GRILLBURGER HOLDINGS LIMITED
  24. 2019-02-13
    ➕
    CLARK, Sean appointed
    secretary
  25. 2019-02-13
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    CLARK, Sean appointed
    director
  26. 2019-02-13
    ➕
    MACLENNAN, Alistair appointed
    director
  27. 2019-02-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sean Clark
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/02/2019

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
Incorporated2019-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46341 — SIC 46341

Registered office

46 Inaclete Road
Stornoway
HS1 2RN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CLARK, Sean→
secretary · appointed 2019-02-13
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Active
CLARK, Sean→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-02-13
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Active
MACLENNAN, Alistair→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-02-13
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Active
WOOD, David Lewis→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2024-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—29/07/2025—
satisfied
Sme Platform UK Lending No.1 Dac
A registered charge—17/06/202203/12/2024
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited (As Security Trustee)
A registered charge1 property16/09/201909/10/2024
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21