BRACO CASTLE FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC173694 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-20
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 · high confidence
Mixed signals — 3 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Bankability: 75 → 80
  • · Refinance opportunity: no_debt → clean_up_first
  • · Live charges: 0 → 1
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 1 improved, 1 worsened.

  • ↑Bankability: 75 → 80
  • ↓Live charges: 0 → 1
  • ·Refinance opportunity: no_debt → clean_up_first
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Perth and Kinross Council
  3. 2026-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-03-30
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    address · AD01
  5. 2025-09-29
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  6. 2024-09-26
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  7. 2023-09-25
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  8. 2022-09-26
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  9. 2021-09-08
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  10. 2020-09-18
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  11. 2019-09-13
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  12. 2018-07-27
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  13. 2017-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2017-03-22
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    LONERGAN, James Robin appointed
    director
  15. 2017-03-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 1997-07-01
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    MUIR, Carolyn Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    MUIR, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  20. 1997-07-01
    ➖
    BURNESS SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-07-01
    ➖
    WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1997-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BRACO CASTLE FARMS LIMITED
  23. 1997-03-20
    ➕
    BURNESS SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-03-20
    ➕
    WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas John Muir
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/03/2017
Mrs Carolyn Mary Muir
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/03/2017

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
Incorporated1997-03-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Dunduff House
Braco
Dunblane
FK15 9LA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MUIR, Carolyn Mary→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-01
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Active
LONERGAN, James Robin→
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-03-22
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Active
MUIR, Nicholas John→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-07-01
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Active
BURNESS SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned
WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Perth and Kinross Council
A registered charge1 property11/05/2026—
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Recent filings (71 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-18