GLENCORSE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC520299 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-13
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£11
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£11
~ YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£694£1k£2k£3k£3kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£128.8k£128.4k
Current assets£3.5k£3.1k
Debtors£3.5k£3.1k
Net assets£11£11

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-10-21
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-10-23
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  7. 2019-12-19
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  8. 2019-12-19
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  9. 2019-12-01
    KEANE, Robert appointed
    director
  10. 2019-12-01
    NAPIER, Aaron resigned
    director
  11. 2019-07-31
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  12. 2018-07-26
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  13. 2017-07-31
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  14. 2017-01-19
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  15. 2016-07-08
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  16. 2016-07-08
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  17. 2016-05-10
    KEANE, Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2016-05-10
    NAPIER, Aaron appointed
    director
  19. 2015-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENCORSE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  20. 2015-11-13
    KEANE, Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Robert Keane
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

19 Adelphi
Merchant Quarter
Aberdeen
AB11 5BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

KEANE, Robert
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-12-01
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Active
KEANE, Robert
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-11-13 · resigned 2016-05-10
Resigned
NAPIER, Aaron
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-05-10 · resigned 2019-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
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2025-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
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2024-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
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2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
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2022-10-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
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2021-07-29
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2020-12-09
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2020-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30
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officers · TM01
2019-12-19