CALEDONIAN RAILWAY BRECHIN LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC081172 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1982-12-16

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 38.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49100

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 38.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 38.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

63 officers (7 active, 63 linked, 54 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

206 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (132 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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2025-09-25
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2025-09-15
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2025-09-10
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officers · TM01
2025-09-05
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officers · AP01
2025-09-05
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2025-09-05
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2025-09-05
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officers · AP01
2025-09-02
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HEMMING, Christopher appointed
director
2025-09-02
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MCGREGOR, Kevin Ross appointed
director
2025-09-02
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SIMMONS, Raghnall David Air Ross Ulieam appointed
director
2025-09-02
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SOUTAR, Kirsty Margaret appointed
director
2025-09-02
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WILKIE, Jack Alistair appointed
director
2025-08-28
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BISSET, Kaine resigned
director
2025-07-09
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officers · TM02
2025-07-08
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VINCENT, Paul resigned
secretary
2025-05-19
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officers · AP01
2025-05-06
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BISSET, Kaine appointed
director
2025-05-06
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officers · TM01
2025-05-06
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2025-05-05
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VINCENT, Paul resigned
director
2025-04-24
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JOY, Kenneth resigned
director
2025-01-03
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officers · AP03
2025-01-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-03
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2025-01-01
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VINCENT, Paul appointed
secretary
2024-12-31
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WATSON, Michael Douglas resigned
secretary
2024-12-31
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WATSON, Michael Douglas resigned
director
2024-12-03
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officers · TM01
2024-11-26
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PEGG, Christopher Mark resigned
director
2024-10-16
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officers · AP01
2024-10-15
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PEGG, Christopher Mark appointed
director
2024-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-30
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PEGG, Andrew resigned
director
2024-09-18
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accounts · AA
2024-09-05
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officers · TM01
2024-09-01
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GILL, Jonathan David resigned
director
2024-05-02
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officers · CH01
2024-05-02
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mortgage · MR04
2024-05-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-04-05
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officers · CH01
2023-10-03
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FARQUHAR, Peter James appointed
director
2023-10-03
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VINCENT, Paul appointed
director
2022-10-04
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MITCHELL, George William Marmie resigned
director
2022-01-31
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GILL, Jonathan David appointed
director
2022-01-31
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WINTON, Blair David resigned
director
2022-01-11
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GILL, Jonathan David resigned
director
2021-10-27
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MOIR, Stephen Frank resigned
director
2020-12-23
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CARNIE, Tom resigned
director
2020-02-21
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MOIR, Stephen Frank appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

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Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: VINCENT, Paul resigned 2025-07-08; BISSET, Kaine resigned 2025-08-28

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1982-12-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49100 — SIC 49100

Registered office

2 Park Road

Brechin

DD9 7AF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-15

Last: 2026-01-01