BRIGHTSTEP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC114966 · ltd · incorporated 1988-12-05
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£220.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.0y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
101 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
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £220,301
Cash YoY
+288%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 288% YoY
Net Worth
£220k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£44k£88k£132k£176k£220kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£220.3k£196.2k
Current assets£6.6k£4.7k
Cash£2.6k£665
Debtors£4.0k£4.0k
Net assets£220.3k£196.2k

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
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-09-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-09
    ➕
    ELDER, Kenneth Ian appointed
    director
  4. 2025-09-09
    ➕
    STEWART, David Armour appointed
    director
  5. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-27
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  7. 2023-08-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-18
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  13. 2018-07-24
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  14. 2017-12-24
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  15. 2016-12-26
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  16. 2015-09-30
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  17. 2015-09-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2010-10-06
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2010-04-01
    ➖
    HAMILTON, Marie Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-02-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1993-08-01
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Marie Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  22. 1993-07-31
    ➖
    CALDWELL, Alison Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  23. 1992-02-11
    ➕
    CALDWELL, Alison Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  24. 1992-02-10
    ➖
    WOODWARD, Rory Keith resigned
    secretary
  25. 1990-04-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Dunfermline Building Society
  26. 1988-12-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRIGHTSTEP LIMITED

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George James Maskell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares27/07/2016

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
Incorporated1988-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

21a Cumberland Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6RT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ELDER, Kenneth Ian→
director · ~80y · appointed 2025-09-09
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Active
MASKELL, George James→
director · ~80y
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Active
STEWART, David Armour→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-09-09
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Active
CALDWELL, Alison Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1992-02-11 · resigned 1993-07-31
Resigned
HAMILTON, Marie Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1993-08-01 · resigned 2010-04-01
Resigned
WOODWARD, Rory Keith→
secretary · resigned 1992-02-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/02/200006/10/2010
outstanding
Dunfermline Building Society
Standard security1 property24/04/1990—
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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11