24/26 HOLDINGS LTD
🌳Matureactive
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueConservative 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 12.1y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.1 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.
See pricing →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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,361,124
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.36M | — |
| Average employees | 26 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
14
filings
- • 9 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
15
filings
- • 9 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-09📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2026-03-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-01➕STEWART, John appointeddirector
- 2026-03-01➖TAYLOR, Kevin resigneddirector
- 2025-12-01📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-22➕STEWART, Alana appointeddirector
- 2024-01-22➕TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2024-01-22➕TAYLOR, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2024-01-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2014-03-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2014-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs 24/26 HOLDINGS LTD
- 2014-02-20➕TAYLOR, Alan appointeddirector
- 2014-02-20➕TAYLOR, Theresa appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalNo 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
cleanNo 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.
🏛️ultimate parent
Theala Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Theala Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 21/02/2026 |
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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →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→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2024-01-22
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STEWART, John→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2026-03-01
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TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2024-01-22
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TAYLOR, Alan→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2014-02-20
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TAYLOR, Theresa→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2014-02-20
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TAYLOR, Kevin→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2024-01-22 · resigned 2026-03-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/03/2014 | — |
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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