24/26 HOLDINGS LTD

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SC470528 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.2y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,361,124

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Profit before tax£1.36M—
Average employees26—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
14
filings
  • • 9 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-03-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-03-09
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    address · AD02
  6. 2026-03-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2026-03-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2026-03-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2026-03-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2026-03-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2026-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  12. 2026-03-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2026-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2026-03-01
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    STEWART, John appointed
    director
  15. 2026-03-01
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    TAYLOR, Kevin resigned
    director
  16. 2025-12-01
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  17. 2025-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-01-22
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    STEWART, Alana appointed
    director
  20. 2024-01-22
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas appointed
    director
  21. 2024-01-22
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Kevin appointed
    director
  22. 2024-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2024-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2024-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  26. 2023-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  27. 2014-03-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
  28. 2014-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 24/26 HOLDINGS LTD
  29. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Alan appointed
    director
  30. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Theresa appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas (same surname) appointed 2024-01-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Theala Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Theala Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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24/26 HOLDINGS LTD
This company · SC470528

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Theala Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares21/02/2026
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Theresa Taylorceased 20/03/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Alan Taylorceased 20/03/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Theala Holdings Ltdceased 17/11/2025· significant influence · firm interest
  • Mr Alan Taylorceased 01/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Theresa Taylorceased 01/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

30-36 Napier Place
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G68 0LL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

STEWART, Alana→
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, John→
director · ~35y · appointed 2026-03-01
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Active
TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas→
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-01-22
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Active
TAYLOR, Alan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-02-20
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Active
TAYLOR, Theresa→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-02-20
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Active
TAYLOR, Kevin→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-01-22 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge1 property27/03/2014—
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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2026-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-04
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-12-01