GARRION BRIDGES HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC640964 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-06

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.97M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,966,984

Cash YoY

+8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.4m

↑ 7.9% YoY

Net Worth

£2.0m

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.18M	£3.09M
Cash	£1.39M	£1.29M
Net assets	£1.97M	£1.59M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-10-03
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-11-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-10
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capital · SH01
2019-10-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-10-02
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officers · AP01
2019-10-02
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officers · AP01
2019-10-02
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officers · AP01
2019-10-02
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officers · TM01
2019-10-01
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DOUGLAS, James Mcdonald appointed
director
2019-10-01
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DOUGLAS, Lynette Allen appointed
director
2019-09-09
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DOUGLAS, Alan Edward appointed
director
2019-09-09
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DEANE, David William resigned
director
2019-09-06
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Company incorporated
As GARRION BRIDGES HOLDINGS LIMITED
2019-09-06
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DEANE, David William appointed
director
2019-09-06
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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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lynette Allen Douglas Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/10/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David William Deaneceased 01/10/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-09-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Garrion Bridges Garden & Antiques Centre

Horsley Brae

Wishaw

North Lanarkshire

ML2 0RR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Alan Edward→

director · ~33y · appointed 2019-09-09

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Active

DOUGLAS, James Mcdonald→

director · ~79y · appointed 2019-10-01

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Active

DOUGLAS, Lynette Allen→

director · ~75y · appointed 2019-10-01

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Active

DEANE, David William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-09-06 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

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