BRINGHURST TAVERNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC097317 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-14
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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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
Property-backed borrower. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 36.4y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
135 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees3300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #12
  5. 2024-09-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-09-01
    ➕
    BRINGHURST, Melanie Ann appointed
    director
  7. 2024-01-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-01-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-01-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2018-11-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2018-11-14
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Hampden & Co
  19. 2018-11-14
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Hampden & Co
  20. 2018-10-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  21. 2018-10-25
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    Charge satisfied #8
  22. 2018-09-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2018-09-21
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Hampden & Co PLC, 9 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
  24. 2017-03-03
    ➕
    BRINGHURST, Douglas appointed
    director
  25. 2014-01-09
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2014-01-09
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2014-01-09
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 2012-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2012-04-18
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Anne resigned
    secretary
  30. 2010-12-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #7
  31. 2010-12-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #6
  32. 2010-12-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  33. 2010-12-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  34. 2010-12-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  35. 2007-09-07
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Anne appointed
    secretary
  36. 2007-05-17
    ➖
    BRINGHURST, Susan resigned
    secretary
  37. 2007-05-17
    ➖
    BRINGHURST, Susan resigned
    director
  38. 2001-08-30
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  39. 1997-09-11
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  40. 1997-09-11
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  41. 1997-07-08
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  42. 1997-07-08
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  43. 1997-07-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  44. 1997-04-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  45. 1989-11-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
  46. 1986-02-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRINGHURST TAVERNS LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRINGHURST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BRINGHURST, Melanie Ann (same surname) appointed 2024-09-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ian Alexander Bringhurst
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

1 Abbeylands
High Street
Dunbar
EH42 1EH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BRINGHURST, Douglas→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRINGHURST, Ian Alexander→
director · ~70y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRINGHURST, Melanie Ann→
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRINGHURST, Susan→
secretary · resigned 2007-05-17
Resigned
ROBINSON, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-07 · resigned 2012-04-18
Resigned
BRINGHURST, Susan→
director · ~67y · resigned 2007-05-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

14
Total charges
6
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:14 of 14 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hampden & Co
A registered charge1 property14/11/2018—
outstanding
Hampden & Co
A registered charge1 property14/11/2018—
satisfied
Hampden & Co , 9 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
Hampden & Co PLC, 9 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
A registered charge1 property21/09/201820/03/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property09/01/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property09/01/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property09/01/2014—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/08/200125/10/2018
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property11/09/199709/12/2010
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property11/09/199709/12/2010
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property08/07/199709/12/2010
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property08/07/199709/12/2010
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property08/07/199709/12/2010
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property23/04/199706/12/2012
outstanding
Allied Irish Banks
Allied Irish Banks PLC
Standard security2 properties30/11/1989—
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Recent filings (135 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26