THE GLASSEL COMMUNITY COMPANY LIMITED

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SC220294 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-06-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£31.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £31,050
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£31k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£42k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£17k£25k£33k£42kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£31.1k£28.6k
Current assets£41.5k£29.6k
Cash£41.4k£29.5k
Debtors£68£68
Net assets£31.1k£28.6k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  10. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-01
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    address · AD01
  12. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2002-03-01
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    SIM, Ronald Cook resigned
    director
  18. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    WILSON, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    BRODIE, Alexander Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    SMITH, Bryony Hazel appointed
    director
  21. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    SMITH, James Murray appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    WILSON, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    WILSON, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2001-06-19
    ➖
    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-06-19
    ➖
    HOBKIRK, Colin Gordon resigned
    director
  26. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    SIM, Ronald Cook appointed
    director
  27. 2001-06-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE GLASSEL COMMUNITY COMPANY LIMITED
  28. 2001-06-15
    ➕
    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-06-15
    ➕
    HOBKIRK, Colin Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 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

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2001-06-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

3 Battock Terrace
Torphins
Banchory
AB31 4JD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, Jane Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRODIE, Alexander Gordon→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-06-19
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Active
SMITH, Bryony Hazel→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, James Murray→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Ian Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Jane Elizabeth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-15 · resigned 2001-06-19
Resigned
HOBKIRK, Colin Gordon→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-06-15 · resigned 2001-06-19
Resigned
SIM, Ronald Cook→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-06-19 · resigned 2002-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-17