SHIELDBRAE LIMITED

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SC168988 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
78 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-11
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    MURRAY, Susan Jane resigned
    director
  3. 2025-07-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-12-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-12-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2023-12-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-08-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-03-30
    ➖
    CLARK, Iain Grant Alexander resigned
    director
  13. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-08-31
    ➕
    CLARK, Iain Grant Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 1998-08-13
    ➕
    MURRAY, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  22. 1997-10-11
    ➕
    CLARK, John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-10-11
    ➕
    CLARK, John appointed
    director
  24. 1996-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As SHIELDBRAE LIMITED
  25. 1996-10-14
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-10-14
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-10-14
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 1996-10-14
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Clark
Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Susan Jane Clarkceased 13/12/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Iain Grant Alexander Clarkceased 30/03/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1996-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

House Of Nairne
Stanley
Perth
PH1 4PT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CLARK, John→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, John→
director · ~86y · appointed 1997-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-14 · resigned 1996-10-14
Resigned
CLARK, Iain Grant Alexander→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-08-31 · resigned 2023-03-30
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-10-14 · resigned 1996-10-14
Resigned
MURRAY, Susan Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-08-13 · resigned 2025-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-30