GLASGOW ISLAY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC123020 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-16
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
no address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
75
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£116k£231k£347k£462k£578kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Cash—£577.8k
Net assets—£302.0k
Average employees5—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2024-11-28
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  3. 2024-04-01
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  4. 2023-03-07
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  5. 2022-02-18
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  6. 2021-01-29
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  7. 2019-12-16
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  8. 2019-02-25
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  9. 2017-11-14
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  10. 2017-02-23
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  11. 2016-02-19
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  12. 2015-12-29
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  13. 2015-04-23
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  14. 2014-11-19
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  15. 2014-04-22
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  16. 2011-12-12
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    MUNDELL, Myra Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2010-03-24
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    MUNDELL, Benjamin James appointed
    director
  18. 2008-11-24
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    MUNDELL, James Alexander resigned
    director
  19. 1990-03-20
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    MUNDELL, Catherine E appointed
    secretary
  20. 1990-03-20
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    MUNDELL, Catherine E appointed
    director
  21. 1990-03-20
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    MUNDELL, James Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 1990-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As GLASGOW ISLAY SERVICES 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 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Mundell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Benjamin James Mundell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Bardaravine,
Tarbert,
Argyll.

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MUNDELL, Catherine E→
secretary · appointed 1990-03-20
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Active
MUNDELL, Benjamin James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
MUNDELL, Catherine E→
director · ~84y · appointed 1990-03-20
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Active
MUNDELL, Myra Ann→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUNDELL, James Alexander→
director · ~91y · appointed 1990-03-20 · resigned 2008-11-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

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2026-02-27
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2025-10-23
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2024-12-16
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2024-11-28
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2024-04-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
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2023-03-07
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2023-01-09
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2022-02-18
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2021-12-17
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2021-01-29
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2020-12-15
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2019-12-16
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2019-11-20
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2019-02-25