GLA CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC168992 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£121.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -37% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £121,419
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,298 YoY
Cash YoY
-37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£99k
↓ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£121k
↓ 9.2% YoY
Current Assets
£121k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£63k£94k£125k£157kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£121.4k£133.7k
Current assets£120.8k£156.7k
Cash£99.2k£156.6k
Debtors£21.6k£58
Net assets£121.4k£133.7k

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

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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  2. 2024-06-10
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  3. 2023-07-24
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  4. 2022-09-05
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  5. 2022-07-28
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  6. 2021-07-29
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  7. 2020-05-12
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  8. 2019-07-31
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  9. 2018-06-27
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  10. 2017-08-22
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  11. 2017-07-31
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  12. 2016-07-28
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  13. 2015-11-02
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  14. 2015-09-04
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  15. 2015-07-31
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  16. 2009-10-14
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    INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2007-04-25
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    INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2007-04-25
    ➖
    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-11-28
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    MCCALLUM, Angus appointed
    director
  20. 2005-11-28
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    MCCALLUM, James Reid resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-28
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    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1996-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As GLA CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 1996-10-14
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    MCCALLUM, Lorraine June appointed
    director
  24. 1996-10-14
    ➕
    MCCALLUM, James Reid appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-10-14
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-10-14
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-10-14
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 1996-10-14
    ➖
    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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Angus Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/10/2016
Lorraine June Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/10/2016

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
Incorporated1996-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Iais Level One
211 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow
G11 6AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCCALLUM, Angus→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCALLUM, Lorraine June→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCALLUM, James Reid→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-14 · resigned 2005-11-28
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-14 · resigned 1996-10-14
Resigned
INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2009-10-14
Resigned
WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-28 · resigned 2007-04-25
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-10-14 · resigned 1996-10-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

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2025-10-30
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2025-06-19
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2024-10-31
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2024-06-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
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2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
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2021-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
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2020-05-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-24
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2019-07-31