GLASGOW 2026 LIMITED

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SC823885 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-09-25

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

£12.75M

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

60/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (12 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £28,639

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30
Turnover	£12.75M
Gross profit	£10.68M
Profit before tax	£28.6k
Average employees	3300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-19
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mortgage · MR01
2025-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2025-01-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-17
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TAYLOR, Fiona appointed
director
2025-01-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-06
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officers · AP01
2025-01-01
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JOSHI, Manish appointed
director
2025-01-01
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MCELROY, Julie, Dr appointed
director
2025-01-01
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SHEARER, Theresa appointed
director
2024-12-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-16
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officers · AP01
2024-12-09
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ACHARA, Kieron Robert appointed
director
2024-12-09
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GRADY, David Anthony appointed
director
2024-12-09
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GRANT, Jamie Andrew Glennie appointed
director
2024-12-02
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HARDY, Mary Munro appointed
director
2024-12-02
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SADLEIR, Catherine Ann Grant appointed
director
2024-12-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-08
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-28
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BLACK, William George appointed
director
2024-09-25
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Company incorporated
As GLASGOW 2026 LIMITED
2024-09-25
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DOIG, Jon Mark appointed
director
2024-09-25
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REID, Ian Alexander appointed
director

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Commonwealth Sport

Corporate parent

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The Commonwealth Games Council For Scotland Limited

Corporate parent

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GLASGOW 2026 LIMITED

This company · SC823885

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
The Commonwealth Games Council For Scotland Limited Corporate entity	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	21/10/2024
Commonwealth Sport Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/12/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Jon Mark Doigceased 21/10/2024· 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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ART OF ENGRAVING LTD→ SC647644 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
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ARTPISTOL PROJECTS LTD→ SC766615 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2024-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

5th Floor, 95 Bothwell Street

Glasgow

G2 7HX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24