GLENFIRRA OF LANGHOLM LTD.

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SC212215 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 95290
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees4

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-12-31
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    EDGAR, Anne resigned
    director
  5. 2025-11-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-01
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    EDGAR, Anne appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-06-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2004-08-31
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    MALE, Ellen Murray appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-08-31
    ➖
    MALE, Denis Raymond resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-08-31
    ➖
    WEATHERSTONE, Andrew Thomson resigned
    director
  23. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    MALE, Denis Raymond appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-09-27
    ➖
    DINWOODIE, John George resigned
    director
  25. 2002-03-14
    ➖
    MARTIN, Ian Scott resigned
    secretary
  26. 2001-07-06
    ➖
    ARMSTRONG, Francis resigned
    director
  27. 2001-01-03
    ➖
    MARTIN, Ian Scott resigned
    director
  28. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    MALE, Denis Raymond appointed
    director
  29. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    MARTIN, Ian Scott appointed
    secretary
  30. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Francis appointed
    director
  31. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    DINWOODIE, John George appointed
    director
  32. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    MARTIN, Ian Scott appointed
    director
  33. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    WEATHERSTONE, Andrew Thomson appointed
    director
  34. 2000-10-25
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2000-10-25
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2000-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENFIRRA OF LANGHOLM LTD.
  37. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Denis Raymond Male
Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

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
Incorporated2000-10-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC95290 — SIC 95290

Registered office

46 High Street
Langholm
DG13 0JH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

MALE, Ellen Murray→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALE, Denis Raymond→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALE, Denis Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2004-08-31
Resigned
MARTIN, Ian Scott→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2002-03-14
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Francis→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2001-07-06
Resigned
DINWOODIE, John George→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2002-09-27
Resigned
EDGAR, Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned
MARTIN, Ian Scott→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2001-01-03
Resigned
WEATHERSTONE, Andrew Thomson→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2004-08-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-25