GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC729692 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2022-04-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90020Support activities to performing arts
  • 90040Operation of arts facilities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees1100

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

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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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL LTD
  6. 2022-04-14
    MACDONALD, Krista Anne appointed
    director
  7. 2022-04-14
    GB FESTIVALS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  8. 2022-04-14
    SALT 'N' SAUCE PROMOTIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  9. 2022-04-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

Gb Festivals Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Gb Festivals Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL LTD
This company · SC729692

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gb Festivals Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/04/2022
Ms Krista Anne Macdonald
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/04/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2022-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

19 Rutland Square
Edinburgh
EH1 2BB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MACDONALD, Krista Anne
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active
GB FESTIVALS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active
SALT 'N' SAUCE PROMOTIONS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-14