PLANT GLAZING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC061671 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 48.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 48.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 48.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees01800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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  2. 2024-12-21
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2023-05-23
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    CONNER, Rachael Helen appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-23
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    CONNER, Ross Alexander appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-23
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  9. 2021-12-09
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  10. 2021-02-05
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  11. 2019-12-16
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  12. 2018-08-06
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  13. 2017-12-18
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  14. 2016-08-01
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  15. 2016-02-03
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  16. 2015-12-18
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  17. 2015-01-28
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  18. 2014-05-30
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    HENDRY, Charles William John resigned
    director
  19. 1999-01-03
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    HUTT, James resigned
    director
  20. 1996-04-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 1996-01-16
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    CONNER, Alexander James Rafter appointed
    director
  22. 1996-01-16
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    HENDRY, Charles William John appointed
    director
  23. 1995-11-30
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    CONNER, Alexander James Rafter appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-09-27
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    HUTT, John Stewart resigned
    secretary
  25. 1995-09-27
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    HUTT, John Stewart resigned
    director
  26. 1995-01-16
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    HUTT, George Alan resigned
    director
  27. 1991-05-14
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    HUTT, Hector Chalmers resigned
    director
  28. 1977-09-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  29. 1977-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As PLANT GLAZING LIMITED

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CONNER, Rachael Helen (same surname) appointed 2023-05-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander James Rafter Conner
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares16/01/2017

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
Incorporated1977-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Morris & Young
6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

CONNER, Alexander James Rafter→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-30
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Active
CONNER, Alexander James Rafter→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-01-16
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Active
CONNER, Rachael Helen→
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-05-23
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Active
CONNER, Ross Alexander→
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-05-23
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Active
HUTT, John Stewart→
secretary · resigned 1995-09-27
Resigned
HENDRY, Charles William John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-01-16 · resigned 2014-05-30
Resigned
HUTT, George Alan→
director · ~100y · resigned 1995-01-16
Resigned
HUTT, Hector Chalmers→
director · ~110y · resigned 1991-05-14
Resigned
HUTT, James→
director · ~106y · resigned 1999-01-03
Resigned
HUTT, John Stewart→
director · ~96y · resigned 1995-09-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property15/04/1996—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property09/09/1977—
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Recent filings (99 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
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2025-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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officers · AP01
2023-05-23
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officers · AP01
2023-05-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
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accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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2021-02-05
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2021-02-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-25