GLASGOW CENTRAL TENANCIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC147574 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-18
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 23.7y 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
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    capital · SH06
  3. 2025-04-30
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  4. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-04
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  6. 2024-04-04
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  7. 2024-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-18
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  11. 2023-04-12
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  12. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-04-27
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  14. 2022-04-27
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2022-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-04-14
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  18. 2021-04-14
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  19. 2020-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-07-01
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    BERESFORD, Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2010-05-30
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    BERESFORD, William resigned
    director
  22. 2002-08-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: William Beresford and John Beresford
  23. 2002-04-23
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    BERESFORD, William appointed
    director
  24. 2002-04-23
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    BLACK, Colin Jeffrey resigned
    director
  25. 2002-04-23
    ➖
    LEVITUS, Raymond Saul resigned
    director
  26. 1999-12-29
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    LOVAT, Orry Isaac resigned
    director
  27. 1996-04-17
    ➕
    BERESFORD, John appointed
    secretary
  28. 1996-04-17
    ➖
    NEILL CLERK & MURRAY resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1994-01-10
    ➕
    BLACK, Colin Jeffrey appointed
    director
  30. 1994-01-10
    ➕
    LEVITUS, Raymond Saul appointed
    director
  31. 1993-12-17
    ➕
    LOVAT, Orry Isaac appointed
    director
  32. 1993-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GLASGOW CENTRAL TENANCIES LIMITED
  33. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    BERESFORD, John appointed
    director
  34. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  35. 1993-11-18
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  36. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    NEILL CLERK & MURRAY appointed
    corporate-secretary
  37. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  38. 1993-11-18
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Beresford
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Mary Beresford
Individual · British · DOB 02/1935 · age 91
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/05/2019

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
Incorporated1993-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

2 Carment Drive (Ref Jpb)
Glasgow
G41 3PR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

BERESFORD, John→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-17
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Active
BERESFORD, John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-11-18
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Active
BERESFORD, Mary→
director · ~91y · appointed 2011-07-01
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1993-11-18
Resigned
NEILL CLERK & MURRAY→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1996-04-17
Resigned
BERESFORD, William→
director · ~94y · appointed 2002-04-23 · resigned 2010-05-30
Resigned
BLACK, Colin Jeffrey→
director · ~76y · appointed 1994-01-10 · resigned 2002-04-23
Resigned
LEVITUS, Raymond Saul→
director · ~87y · appointed 1994-01-10 · resigned 2002-04-23
Resigned
LOVAT, Orry Isaac→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-12-17 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1993-11-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
William Beresford and John Beresford
Floating charge1 property30/08/2002—
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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-30
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-06
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-04-04
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-05-18
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20