GLITTERING EDGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC472472 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-41.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £41,819

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£42k
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities
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-£42k-£32k-£23k-£13k-£3k£6kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-40.9k—
Current assets£6.1k—
Net assets£-41.8k—
Average employees—100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As GLITTERING EDGE LIMITED
  17. 2014-03-14
    ➕
    MARR, Gregor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gregor Marr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 11 Westway Industrial Park
Elliot Industrial Estate
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 2NJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARR, Gregor→
director · ~37y · appointed 2014-03-14
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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31