GLEN MONARCH LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC530245 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£996.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
27 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £996,011
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£94k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£996k
↑ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£225k£451k£676k£901k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£996.0k£910.9k
Current assets£1.13M£1.10M
Cash£94.3k£76.7k
Debtors£987.5k£981.5k
Net assets£996.0k£910.9k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-01-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-09
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GLEN MONARCH LTD
  17. 2016-03-21
    GOSAL, Raminder Singh 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 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
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.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Ben Lomond Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ben Lomond Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
GLEN MONARCH LTD
This company · SC530245

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ben Lomond Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Raminder Singh Gosalceased 09/12/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2016-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

581 Alexandra Parade
Glasgow
G31 3DB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GOSAL, Raminder Singh
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-03-21
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-01-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10