S BRADY LIMITED

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SC036035 · ltd · incorporated 1961-01-19
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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 (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£15k£23k£31k£38kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-302024-01-30
Total assets—£30.3k
Current assets—£38.4k
Cash—£2.0k
Debtors—£26.3k
Net assets—£30.3k
Average employees4—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-11-29
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    BRADY, Charles Stewart resigned
    director
  12. 2018-11-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-06-12
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    BRADY, Patricia resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-06-12
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    BRADY, Patricia resigned
    director
  19. 2003-10-01
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    BRADY, Charles Stewart appointed
    director
  20. 1961-01-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As S BRADY 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRADY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Brady
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charles Stewart Brady
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1961-01-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

31/33 Abercorn Street
Paisley
PA3 4AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BRADY, Charles Stewart→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADY, Patricia→
secretary · resigned 2014-06-12
Resigned
BRADY, Charles Stewart→
director · ~99y · resigned 2018-11-29
Resigned
BRADY, Patricia→
director · ~93y · resigned 2014-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-13