GLADIUM UK LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC641346 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-12

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 · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 16 → 17

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 16 → 17

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£-692.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56210Event catering activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £692,096

Cash YoY

-11%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↓ 11% YoY

Net Worth

-£692k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Assets

£30k

↑ 1.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£591.5k	£743.5k	£883.3k
Current assets	£29.8k	£29.2k	£85.4k
Cash	£1.2k	£1.4k	£36.3k
Debtors	£28.5k	£27.8k	£49.1k
Net assets	£-692.1k	£-547.0k	£-417.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-10-01
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HOGGARTH, Charlotte Sophie resigned
secretary
2019-10-01
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HOGGARTH, Royston resigned
director
2019-09-12
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Company incorporated
As GLADIUM UK LTD
2019-09-12
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FRAME, Colin Robert appointed
director
2019-09-12
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HOGGARTH, Charlotte Sophie appointed
secretary
2019-09-12
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HOGGARTH, Royston appointed
director
2019-09-12
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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.)

Group structure

Stellar Armata Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Stellar Armata Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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GLADIUM UK LTD

This company · SC641346

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Stellar Armata Ltd Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/09/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Cygnet Property Investments Ltdceased 13/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2019-09-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Silverdale

Quothquan

Biggar

ML12 6NA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

FRAME, Colin Robert→

director · ~40y · appointed 2019-09-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOGGARTH, Charlotte Sophie→

secretary · appointed 2019-09-12 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

HOGGARTH, Royston→

director · ~34y · appointed 2019-09-12 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-07-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2020-09-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2019-10-24