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.
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 12.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No material changes in the last 90 days.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
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 12.4y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.4 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
0
filings
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
- 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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