GLENTERRIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC116076 · ltd · incorporated 1989-02-10

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 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), 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: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 34.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	7100	7500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

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2022-09-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2021-09-15
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2020-09-28
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2018-11-08
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2018-09-28
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DERIGHETTI, Elizabeth Robertson resigned
director
2018-07-03
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2017-10-06
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2017-06-01
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DERIGHETTI, Stephen resigned
director
2013-03-06
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DERIGHETTI, Mark appointed
director
2007-07-25
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DERIGHETTI (SNR), Vincent resigned
director
2004-06-30
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DERIGHETTI, Vincent resigned
director
2002-01-01
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M & M COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-12-31
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MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-08-21
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-08-21
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MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE appointed
corporate-secretary
1996-05-07
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DERIGHETTI, Elizabeth Robertson appointed
director
1995-09-07
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ZAJAC, Ian resigned
secretary
1995-09-07
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-09-07
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DERIGHETTI, Stephen appointed
director
1995-09-07
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DERIGHETTI, Vincent appointed
director
1992-09-10
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ZAJAC, Ian appointed
secretary
1992-09-10
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MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE resigned
corporate-secretary
1992-02-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1990-03-01
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DERIGHETTI, Gavin appointed
director
1990-03-01
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DERIGHETTI, Mark appointed
director
1990-02-22
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MACLACHLAN & MACKENZIE appointed
corporate-secretary
1989-02-10
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Company incorporated
As GLENTERRIN LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Paul Derighetti Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1989-02-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Caledonian Exchange

19a Canning Street

Edinburgh

EH3 8HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22