GLENN SODEN LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC331080 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£128.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £128,676

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£63k
Net Worth
£129k
Current Assets
£163k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£162.1k
Current assets£163.1k
Cash£63.2k
Debtors£64.0k
Net assets£128.7k

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

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-07-03
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  3. 2025-06-05
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-06-01
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    SODEN, Maureen appointed
    director
  6. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-25
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  8. 2022-10-12
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  9. 2021-10-11
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  10. 2020-09-01
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  11. 2019-11-05
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  12. 2018-08-22
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  13. 2017-09-30
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  14. 2016-09-29
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  15. 2015-12-10
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  16. 2015-10-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENN SODEN LTD.
  18. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    SODEN, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    SODEN, William Glenn appointed
    director
  20. 2007-09-18
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-09-18
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-09-18
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-09-18
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SODEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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 Glenn Soden
Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

9 Cairngorm Court
Irvine
KA11 1PN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SODEN, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-18
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Active
SODEN, Maureen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-06-01
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Active
SODEN, William Glenn→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-09-18
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-01