PETER BROWN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC066531 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-05

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 44.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£225

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 44.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 44.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £225

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£225

~ YoY

Current Assets

£225

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£225	£225
Current assets	£225	£225
Net assets	£225	£225

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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officers · CH01
2024-08-20
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officers · CH01
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-01-09
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officers · CH01
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-23
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2016-10-20
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2006-12-15
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COVENEY, Deborah Lee appointed
secretary
2006-12-15
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COVENEY, Deborah Lee appointed
director
2006-12-15
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STANNAH, Alan Neil Russell appointed
director
2006-12-15
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STANNAH, Alastair David appointed
director
2006-12-15
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STANNAH, Brian Leslie Russell appointed
director
2006-12-15
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STANNAH, Patrick Gordon appointed
director
2006-12-15
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ASH, Ian George Claudius resigned
secretary
2006-12-15
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ASH, Ian George Claudius resigned
director
2003-01-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-02-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2000-11-13
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STANNAH, Jonathan Neil appointed
director
2000-11-13
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ASH, Ian George Claudius appointed
secretary
2000-11-13
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SOAL, Mary Mullen resigned
secretary
2000-11-13
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ASH, Ian George Claudius appointed
director
2000-11-13
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BROWN, Marilyn Ruth resigned
director
2000-11-13
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BROWN, Peter James Birnie resigned
director
2000-11-13
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DYER, Ian resigned
director
2000-11-13
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RIDDELL, Thomas resigned
director
2000-06-16
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WADDELL, Alan Thomas resigned
director
2000-04-01
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DYER, Ian appointed
director
1995-08-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1994-10-03
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BROWN, Peter James Birnie resigned
secretary
1994-10-03
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SOAL, Mary Mullen appointed
secretary
1993-05-14
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BROWN, Marilyn Ruth appointed
director
1993-03-01
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BROWN, Lesley Mary resigned
director
1992-08-28
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BROWN, Peter James Birnie appointed
secretary
1992-08-28
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PRYDE, Nan Milligan resigned
secretary
1981-09-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1978-12-05
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Company incorporated
As PETER BROWN LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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.)

Group structure

Stannah Lifts Holdings Limirted is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Stannah Lifts Holdings Limirted

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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PETER BROWN LIMITED

This company · SC066531

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Stannah Lifts Holdings Limirted Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1978-12-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

45 Carlyle Avenue

Hillington Industrial Estate

Glasgow

G52 4XX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-02

Last: 2025-09-18