GLEBEDONSTON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC438873 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-14
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-01-28
    WITTEVEEN, Nicholas Cornelius resigned
    director
  7. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-15
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    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-09-02
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-02
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-17
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2012-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As GLEBEDONSTON LIMITED
  18. 2012-12-14
    WITTEVEEN, Paul Adam appointed
    director
  19. 2012-12-14
    WITTEVEEN, Nicholas Cornelius appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Adam Witteveen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
2550%
25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2012-12-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

3-5 Campbell Street
Darvel
Ayrshire
KA17 0BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WITTEVEEN, Paul Adam
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-12-14
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Active
WITTEVEEN, Nicholas Cornelius
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-12-14 · resigned 2022-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23