GLASGOW FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC524123 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-13
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£882£2k£3k£4k£4kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£5.9k
Current assets£4.4k
Net assets£1.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2017-09-04
    RANGELOV, Emil Stoyanov resigned
    director
  12. 2017-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-09-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-07
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2016-09-21
    MITEV, Yuriy Georgiev appointed
    director
  17. 2016-09-21
    MITEV, Yuriy resigned
    director
  18. 2016-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2016-01-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GLASGOW FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY LTD.
  20. 2016-01-13
    MITEV, Yuriy appointed
    director
  21. 2016-01-13
    RANGELOV, Emil Stoyanov appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yuriy Georgiev Mitev
Individual · Bulgarian · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Emil Stoyanov Rangelovceased 04/09/2017· significant influence

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
Incorporated2016-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Curriefield View
Cleland
Motherwell
ML1 5GQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MITEV, Yuriy Georgiev
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITEV, Yuriy
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-01-13 · resigned 2016-09-21
Resigned
RANGELOV, Emil Stoyanov
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-01-13 · resigned 2017-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-11