GLEBE QUARRY LIMITED

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03486842 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-30
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.0y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees23002100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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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 (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2024-06-26
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  4. 2024-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-04
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  9. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-24
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  11. 2018-01-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  12. 2018-01-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2017-09-30
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  14. 2017-03-14
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  15. 2017-03-13
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-01-30
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    KEOGH, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  17. 2017-01-30
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    KEOGH, Hugh Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2015-04-01
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    KEOGH, Helen Margaret resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-07-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2001-04-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2001-01-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2000-10-27
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    KEOGH, Michael Joseph Morley resigned
    director
  23. 1999-11-30
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    KEOGH, Helen Margaret resigned
    director
  24. 1999-11-30
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    KEOGH, Michael Joseph Morley appointed
    director
  25. 1998-06-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1998-01-05
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-01-05
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1998-01-01
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    KEOGH, Helen Margaret appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-01-01
    ➕
    KEOGH, Helen Margaret appointed
    director
  30. 1998-01-01
    ➕
    KEOGH, Hugh Michael appointed
    director
  31. 1997-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As GLEBE QUARRY LIMITED
  32. 1997-12-30
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1997-12-30
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mrs Helen Keogh
Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/06/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Michael Joseph Keoghceased 26/06/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Hugh Michael Keoghceased 30/01/2017· significant influence

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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

30-32 Trebarwith Crescent
Newquay
Cornwall
TR7 1DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

KEOGH, Michael Joseph→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEOGH, Helen Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2015-04-01
Resigned
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 1998-01-05
Resigned
KEOGH, Helen Margaret→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 1999-11-30
Resigned
KEOGH, Hugh Michael→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2017-01-30
Resigned
KEOGH, Michael Joseph Morley→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-11-30 · resigned 2000-10-27
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 1998-01-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Mortgage1 property15/07/2007—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture containing fixed and floating charges1 property26/04/2001—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/06/199815/01/2001
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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07