FIRST CHOICE GLAZING LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC418529 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-05

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£8.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Glazing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,297

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↑ 3.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£9.2k	£7.9k
Current assets	£9.6k	£9.2k
Net assets	£8.3k	£7.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-23
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officers · AP01
2017-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-11-01
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RUSSELL, John appointed
director
2016-12-27
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accounts · AA
2016-04-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-10
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accounts · AA
2015-04-17
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-29
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accounts · AA
2012-03-05
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Company incorporated
As FIRST CHOICE GLAZING LTD
2012-03-05
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RUSSELL, Brenda appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Brenda Russell Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Russell Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-03-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

36 Henryson Crescent

Larbert

Stirlingshire

FK5 4GH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RUSSELL, Brenda→

director · ~64y · appointed 2012-03-05

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RUSSELL, John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2017-11-01

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