GLENIFFER LAND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC221312 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
72 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

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-09-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2003-08-01
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    WILSON, Maureen Ann appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-08-01
    ➖
    WILSON, Bryan resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-01
    ➖
    WILSON, Maureen Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2002-12-20
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    WILSON, Bryan appointed
    director
  20. 2001-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENIFFER LAND LIMITED
  21. 2001-07-17
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    WILSON, Bryan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-07-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-07-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-17
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    WILSON, Maureen Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2001-07-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-07-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maureen Ann Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Bryan Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

C/O Anderson Anderson & Brown Llp
133 Finnieston Street
Glasgow
G3 8HB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

WILSON, Maureen Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Bryan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Bryan→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-17 · resigned 2003-08-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-17 · resigned 2001-07-17
Resigned
WILSON, Maureen Ann→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-07-17 · resigned 2003-08-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-17 · resigned 2001-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10