GLASSMOON LTD

🌳Matureactive
04476870 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-05-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-11-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2002-07-15
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Victoria appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-07-15
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Robert John appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-15
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Victoria appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-11
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-07-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As GLASSMOON LTD
  25. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-24

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert John Knowles
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Victoria Knowles
Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Beech House
23 Ladies Lane
Hindley
Wigan
WN2 2QA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KNOWLES, Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-15
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Active
KNOWLES, Robert John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-07-15
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Active
KNOWLES, Victoria→
director · ~51y · appointed 2002-07-15
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/11/200307/05/2026

Recent filings (66 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-26