GILES GLASS LTD

🌱Startupactive
NI731063 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 2 address
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-01-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2025-12-08
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    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  7. 2025-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-07-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
    address · RP10
  9. 2025-07-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  10. 2025-07-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  11. 2025-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GILES GLASS LTD
  12. 2025-07-03
    GUO, Jian appointed
    director
  13. 2025-07-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jian Guo
Individual · Chinese · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting03/07/2025

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
Incorporated2025-07-03
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Unit 2174 248 Woodstock Road
Belfast
County Antrim
BT6 9DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GUO, Jian
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-07-03
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Recent filings (11 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-13
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-12-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-13
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-07-25
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-07-25
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-07-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-03