BRODIE ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC163999 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-08

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 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33170

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

3 live charges · oldest 15.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.7 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 (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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

114 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	9600	8400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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GRANT, Mary Alexander appointed
director
2026-03-12
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TAYLOR, Robert William resigned
director
2026-03-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-16
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capital-alter-shares-consolidation
capital · SH02
2024-02-16
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-15
➕
ACKROYD, Benjamin John appointed
director
2024-02-15
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TAYLOR, Robert William appointed
director
2024-02-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-05-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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HILFERTY, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2021-08-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2016-10-10
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CONNELL, Brian Stewart resigned
director
2011-12-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-08-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-08-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2009-11-09
➕
CONNELL, Brian Stewart appointed
director
2002-06-17
➕
HILFERTY, Deborah Jane appointed
secretary
2002-06-17
➕
HILFERTY, Gerard William appointed
director
2002-06-17
➖
HILFERTY, Gerard William resigned
secretary
2002-06-17
➖
HILFERTY, Deborah Jane resigned
director
2001-03-15
➖
HILFERTY, Deborah Jane resigned
secretary
2001-03-15
➕
HILFERTY, Gerard William appointed
secretary
2001-03-15
➕
HILFERTY, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2001-03-15
➖
HILFERTY, Gerard William resigned
director
1996-03-08
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Company incorporated
As BRODIE ENGINEERING LIMITED
1996-03-08
➕
HILFERTY, Deborah Jane appointed
secretary
1996-03-08
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-03-08
➖
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-03-08
➕
HILFERTY, Gerard William appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Brodie Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Brodie Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BRODIE ENGINEERING LIMITED

This company · SC163999

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
Brodie Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	21/03/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gerard William Hilfertyceased 21/03/2022· 25-50% shares
Mrs Deborah Jane Hilfertyceased 21/03/2022· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-03-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

23 Caledonia Works

West Langlands Street

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

KA1 2PY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17