ELEMENTS GLA OPS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC753016 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-13
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-442.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £442,396

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£123
Net Worth
-£442k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£-442.4k
Cash£123
Net assets£-442.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-29
    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2024-02-29
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2024-02-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-02-29
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2024-02-29
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  9. 2024-02-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-11-20
    TOWNSEND, Gary appointed
    director
  11. 2023-11-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-09-11
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2023-01-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2023-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2023-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2023-01-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2023-01-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2023-01-27
    CORDINER, Gael appointed
    director
  19. 2023-01-27
    FORBES, Neil David resigned
    director
  20. 2023-01-27
    GARDNER, Ross Scott resigned
    director
  21. 2023-01-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  22. 2022-12-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ELEMENTS GLA OPS LTD
  23. 2022-12-13
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2022-12-13
    FORBES, Neil David appointed
    director
  25. 2022-12-13
    GARDNER, Ross Scott appointed
    director
  26. 2022-12-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Elements Gla Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Elements Gla Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ELEMENTS GLA OPS LTD
This company · SC753016

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Elements Gla Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/01/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Stronachs Nominees Limitedceased 27/01/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-02-29
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Active
CORDINER, Gael
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-01-27
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Active
TOWNSEND, Gary
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-12-13 · resigned 2024-02-29
Resigned
FORBES, Neil David
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-12-13 · resigned 2023-01-27
Resigned
GARDNER, Ross Scott
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-12-13 · resigned 2023-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-02-29
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-02-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-30