CAIRNGORM GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD

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SC699169 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-14
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAIRNGORM GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD
  7. 2021-05-18
    ELLIOT, Guy Robert appointed
    director
  8. 2021-05-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-04-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Guy Elliot Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Guy Elliot Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CAIRNGORM GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD
This company · SC699169

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Guy Elliot Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/05/2021

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
Incorporated2021-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

22 Clova Park
Kingswells
Aberdeen
AB15 8TH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ELLIOT, Guy Robert
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-05-18
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-05-18