77 GLB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03522782 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
23 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees5600

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.

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
8
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 resolution
  • 2 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-01-20
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-01-15
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2026-01-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2026-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2026-01-09
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2025-10-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-31
    O'DONNELL, Tracey appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-31
    MURRAY, John Gordon resigned
    director
  12. 2024-05-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-05-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-10-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-10-12
    BROWN, Richard Charles Rogan appointed
    director
  17. 2023-04-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2023-04-01
    MURRAY, Alison Kathleen appointed
    director
  19. 2023-03-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2023-01-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2023-01-24
    MURRAY, John Gordon appointed
    director
  22. 2023-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-03-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-12-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  25. 2014-08-05
    SPIRE GROUP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2014-08-05
    POWERSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2011-09-22
    SHEERAN, Angela Rogan appointed
    director
  28. 2007-05-01
    MATTHEWS & YATES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2007-05-01
    POWERSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-01-28
    MARSH, Howard Grant resigned
    director
  31. 1998-10-30
    MATTHEWS & YATES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1998-10-30
    SPIRE HOMEWARES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  33. 1998-04-08
    BROWN, Gordon Lewis appointed
    director
  34. 1998-04-08
    INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1998-04-08
    SPIRE HOMEWARES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 1998-04-08
    MARSH, Howard Grant appointed
    director
  37. 1998-04-08
    INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1998-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 77 GLB LIMITED
  39. 1998-03-06
    INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1998-03-06
    INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

77 Glb Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
77 Glb Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
77 GLB LIMITED
This company · 03522782

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
77 Glb Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/01/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ann Theresa Brownceased 09/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Gordon Lewis Brownceased 09/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 19 Empire Close, Empire Industrial Park
Aldridge
Walsall
West Midlands
WS9 8UQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (6 active · 7 resigned)

SPIRE GROUP LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-08-05
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Active
BROWN, Gordon Lewis
director · ~88y · appointed 1998-04-08
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Active
BROWN, Richard Charles Rogan
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-10-12
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Active
MURRAY, Alison Kathleen
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-04-01
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Active
O'DONNELL, Tracey
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-05-31
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Active
SHEERAN, Angela Rogan
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-06 · resigned 1998-04-08
Resigned
MATTHEWS & YATES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 2007-05-01
Resigned
POWERSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2014-08-05
Resigned
SPIRE HOMEWARES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-04-08 · resigned 1998-10-30
Resigned
MARSH, Howard Grant
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-04-08 · resigned 1999-01-28
Resigned
MURRAY, John Gordon
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-01-24 · resigned 2024-05-31
Resigned
INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-06 · resigned 1998-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-19