ACCESSORIZE GLASGOW LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC797996 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-07
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-02-09
    MACINTYRE, William appointed
    director
  4. 2024-02-09
    MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Debbie resigned
    director
  5. 2024-02-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-02-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-02-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-02-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-02-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESSORIZE GLASGOW LIMITED
  10. 2024-02-07
    MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Debbie appointed
    director
  11. 2024-02-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-23

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Macintyre
Individual · British · DOB 01/2024 · age 2
75100%
75-100% shares09/02/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Lauren Debbie Mclaughlinceased 09/02/2024· 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
Incorporated2024-02-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

54 Cowgate
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
G66 1HN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-23OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MACINTYRE, William
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-02-09
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Debbie
director · ~23y · appointed 2024-02-07 · resigned 2024-02-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-07