GLENCAIRN CRYSTAL STUDIO RETAIL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC157705 · ltd · incorporated 1995-04-27

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£11.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 23110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 30.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.1 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,322

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£11k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£11.3k	£11.3k
Current assets	£7.5k	£7.5k
Cash	£2.4k	£2.4k
Debtors	£5.1k	£5.1k
Net assets	£11.3k	£11.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-01-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-05-01
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DAVIDSON, Paul John appointed
director
2017-05-01
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DAVIDSON, Scott Allan appointed
director
2016-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-04-27
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-05-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2004-12-01
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DAVIDSON, Scott Allan appointed
secretary
2004-12-01
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DAVIDSON, Raymond resigned
secretary
2004-12-01
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SEARLE, Thomas Arthur resigned
secretary
2004-12-01
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SEARLE, Thomas Arthur resigned
director
1997-11-01
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DAVIDSON, Raymond appointed
director
1996-03-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Trustees of Airdrie Savings Bank
1995-04-27
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Company incorporated
As GLENCAIRN CRYSTAL STUDIO RETAIL LIMITED
1995-04-27
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DAVIDSON, Raymond appointed
secretary
1995-04-27
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REID, Brian appointed
secretary
1995-04-27
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REID, Brian resigned
secretary
1995-04-27
➕
SEARLE, Thomas Arthur appointed
secretary
1995-04-27
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1995-04-27
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1995-04-27
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SEARLE, Thomas Arthur appointed
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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Group structure

Glencairn Crystal Studio Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Glencairn Crystal Studio Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GLENCAIRN CRYSTAL STUDIO RETAIL LIMITED

This company · SC157705

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Glencairn Crystal Studio Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-04-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC23110 — SIC 23110

Registered office

29 Brandon Street

Hamilton

South Lanarkshire

ML3 6DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-11

Last: 2025-04-27

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Scott Allan→

secretary · appointed 2004-12-01

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Active

DAVIDSON, Paul John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2017-05-01

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Active

DAVIDSON, Raymond→

director · ~79y · appointed 1997-11-01

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Active

DAVIDSON, Scott Allan→

director · ~55y · appointed 2017-05-01

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Active

DAVIDSON, Raymond→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 2004-12-01

Resigned

REID, Brian→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 1995-04-27

Resigned

SEARLE, Thomas Arthur→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 2004-12-01

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 1995-04-27

Resigned

SEARLE, Thomas Arthur→

director · ~70y · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 2004-12-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Trustees of Airdrie Savings Bank	Bond & floating charge	1 property	21/03/1996	—

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