GLASGOW ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC248258 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-24
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 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47791
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47799SIC 47799
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.9y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2023-01-25
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  5. 2021-11-17
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  6. 2021-07-02
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2021-06-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  8. 2021-02-02
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-20
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  10. 2019-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-12
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  12. 2017-12-07
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  13. 2016-10-19
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  14. 2016-03-17
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  15. 2015-10-16
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  16. 2015-03-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-08-30
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    ROBSON, David resigned
    director
  18. 2004-04-06
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    ROBSON, David appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As GLASGOW ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE LIMITED
  20. 2003-04-24
    ➕
    BIRD, Lucy Xanthe appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-24
    ➕
    BIRD, Lucy Xanthe appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-24
    ➕
    KINGSTON, Benjamin James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Lucy Xanthe Bird
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Benjamin James Kingston
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47791 — SIC 47791

Registered office

21 Clarebank Crescent
Edinburgh
EH6 7NL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BIRD, Lucy Xanthe→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-24
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Active
BIRD, Lucy Xanthe→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-04-24
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Active
KINGSTON, Benjamin James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-04-24
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Active
ROBSON, David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2010-08-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—17/06/2021—
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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2026-01-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-20