GRG RURAL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC777959 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (56/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,171
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£5k
Current Assets
£67k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-5.2k |
| Current assets | £67.0k |
| Net assets | £-5.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-13📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs GRG RURAL LTD
- 2023-08-03➕MAXWELL, Gail Louise appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03➕MAXWELL, Gregor, Dr appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03➕WARWICK, Robert Stephen appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
West Wardmill
Drumoak
Aberdeenshire
AB31 5AP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MAXWELL, Gail Louise→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2023-08-03
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MAXWELL, Gregor, Dr→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2023-08-03
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WARWICK, Robert Stephen→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2023-08-03
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Recent filings (8 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-03