GLG@RCHITECTURE LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC843833 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). 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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-09-10
    LANG, Carole Jane appointed
    director
  5. 2025-09-10
    LANG, Ian William resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GLG@RCHITECTURE LTD
  7. 2025-04-03
    LANG, Ian William appointed
    director
  8. 2025-04-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Jane Lang
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting12/09/2025
Mr Gregor Gordon Lang
Individual · British · DOB 05/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/04/2025
Ian William Lang
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/04/2025

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
Incorporated2025-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Radleigh House 1 Golf Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7HU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LANG, Carole Jane
director · ~74y · appointed 2025-09-10
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Active
LANG, Ian William
director · ~75y · appointed 2025-04-03 · resigned 2025-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-03