BRUMLEY BRAE LIMITED

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SC030114 · ltd · incorporated 1954-06-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£260.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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 £260,947
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£261k
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£52k£104k£157k£209k£261kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Cash£12.1k£10.0k
Net assets£260.9k£251.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2026-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2001-10-01
    ➕
    MACKESSACK-LEITCH, Flora Gordon appointed
    secretary
  16. 2001-10-01
    ➖
    STEWART & MCISAAC resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2001-05-01
    ➕
    MACKESSACK-LEITCH, John Callam appointed
    director
  18. 2001-04-30
    ➖
    MACKESSACK-LEITCH, Gavin James, Mr. resigned
    director
  19. 1999-02-01
    ➖
    MACKESSACK-LEITCH, David Callam resigned
    director
  20. 1991-09-23
    ➖
    MACKESSACK-LEITCH, John Callam resigned
    director
  21. 1990-12-27
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Robert resigned
    director
  22. 1990-07-30
    ➖
    CROSS, Julia resigned
    director
  23. 1990-07-30
    ➖
    MACINTYRE, Christina resigned
    director
  24. 1954-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRUMLEY BRAE LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 72 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Callam Mackessack-Leitch
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—board control50-75% shares · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1954-06-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Brumley Brae
Elgin
Moray
IV30 5PP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MACKESSACK-LEITCH, Flora Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKESSACK-LEITCH, John Callam→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART & MCISAAC→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2001-10-01
Resigned
ANDERSON, Robert→
director · resigned 1990-12-27
Resigned
CROSS, Julia→
director · ~74y · resigned 1990-07-30
Resigned
MACINTYRE, Christina→
director · ~71y · resigned 1990-07-30
Resigned
MACKESSACK-LEITCH, David Callam→
director · ~104y · resigned 1999-02-01
Resigned
MACKESSACK-LEITCH, Gavin James, Mr.→
director · ~70y · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned
MACKESSACK-LEITCH, John Callam→
director · ~67y · resigned 1991-09-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10