W GLEN LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.8y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 5300 | 3600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-25📄capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capitalcapital · SH02
- 2024-01-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-28📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-12-28📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-12-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-12-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-08-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2011-08-27➕ARNOT, Karen Baillie appointeddirector
- 2011-08-27➖ARNOT, David Graham resigneddirector
- 2005-05-27🏢Company incorporatedAs W GLEN LIMITED
- 2005-05-27➕ARNOT, Karen appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-27➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-05-27➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-05-27➕ARNOT, David Graham appointeddirector
- 2005-05-27➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-05-27➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanGroup structure
Smartpack Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Smartpack Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | board control75-100% shares · board control | 15/12/2023 |
Mrs Karen Baillie Arnot Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57 | — | 75–100% | 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 08/08/2022 | — |