GLENDEAL GROUP LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC752525 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-07
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£830.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (73/100).

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £830,801

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£600k
Net Worth
£831k
↑ 83080000% YoY
Current Assets
£866k
Current Liabilities
£0£173k£346k£519k£693k£866kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£830.8k£1
Current assets£865.6k
Cash£600.0k
Debtors£265.6k£37.3k
Net assets£830.8k£1

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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENDEAL GROUP LTD
  6. 2022-12-07
    MAGUIRE, John Paul appointed
    director
  7. 2022-12-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-12-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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 John Paul Maguire
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/12/2022

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

29 Brandon Street
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 6DA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MAGUIRE, John Paul
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-12-07
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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-07