BRAEHEAD METALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC083448 · ltd · incorporated 1983-06-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 39.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£998.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24450
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 39.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £998,136
Net assets shrinking
Down £38,036 YoY
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£85k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£998k
↓ 3.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£238k£475k£713k£951k£1.2mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£998.1k£1.04M
Current assets£1.16M£1.19M
Cash£84.7k£74.8k
Debtors£1.04M£1.07M
Net assets£998.1k£1.04M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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  2. 2024-07-10
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2023-07-05
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  5. 2023-07-05
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  6. 2023-07-05
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  7. 2022-09-23
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  8. 2022-01-12
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-01-12
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  10. 2021-12-31
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    IRELAND, Charles William resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-31
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    STIRRAT, David Kerr resigned
    director
  12. 2021-12-08
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-12-08
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  14. 2021-12-01
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    EASDALE, Jason David appointed
    director
  15. 2021-12-01
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    EASDALE, Robert Muir appointed
    director
  16. 2021-09-28
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  17. 2020-12-15
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  18. 2019-09-22
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  19. 2018-09-26
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  20. 2017-09-07
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  21. 2016-02-01
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    EASDALE, William Lindsay resigned
    director
  22. 2002-11-04
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    IRELAND, Marilena resigned
    director
  23. 1997-04-01
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    CASSIDY, Brian James appointed
    director
  24. 1989-09-01
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    WATT, Graeme Lawrie appointed
    secretary
  25. 1989-09-01
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    IRELAND, Marilena resigned
    secretary
  26. 1989-09-01
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    EASDALE, William Lindsay appointed
    director
  27. 1989-09-01
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    STIRRAT, David Kerr appointed
    director
  28. 1987-02-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 1983-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAEHEAD METALS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — EASDALE, Jason David (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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 David Kerr Stirrat
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC24450 — SIC 24450

Registered office

121 Barfillan Drive
Glasgow
G52 1BH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-17
Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WATT, Graeme Lawrie→
secretary · appointed 1989-09-01
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Active
CASSIDY, Brian James→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-04-01
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Active
EASDALE, Jason David→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-12-01
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Active
EASDALE, Robert Muir→
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-12-01
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Active
IRELAND, Marilena→
secretary · resigned 1989-09-01
Resigned
EASDALE, William Lindsay→
director · ~85y · appointed 1989-09-01 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
IRELAND, Charles William→
director · ~74y · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
IRELAND, Marilena→
director · ~73y · resigned 2002-11-04
Resigned
STIRRAT, David Kerr→
director · ~74y · appointed 1989-09-01 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property02/02/1987—
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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-08